Legal Opinion
Dillon v. Berg
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided August 29, 1972No. Civ. A. 3967PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LATCHUM, District Judge.
This civil action is before the Court on the defendants’ motion to strike the plaintiffs’ motion for an injunction for want of federal subject matter jurisdiction. In this suit originally brought pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 1 (the “Act”), this Court held that the action taken during the 1970 annual shareholders’ meeting of Scotten, Dillon Company, including the election of several directors to a staggered board, was void on the ground that the results were obtained by the use of false and misleading proxy…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Porter v. Warner Holding Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Dillon v. BergDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1971
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Alsager v. DISTRICT COURT OF POLK CTY., IOWA, ETC.District Court, S.D. Iowa · 1977
- United States v. Gold Mountain Coffee, Ltd.United States Court of International Trade · 1984
- National Home Products, Inc. v. GrayDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1976
- Bankers Trust Co. v. Worldwide Transportation Services Inc.District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1982
- Dillon v. BergDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1972
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