Legal Opinion
Dorfman v. First Boston Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 6, 1976No. Civ. A. Nos. 70-1845, 71-269PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
A number of lawyers have filed petitions for counsel fees in connection with the settlement of these two cases. Both cases arise out of the financial collapse in June 1970 of the Penn Central Trans*368portation Company, all of whose stock was held by the Penn Central Company.
The complaint in Dorfman v. First Boston Corporation, et al. was filed on July 7, 1970, and the complaint in Juster, Inc. v. First Boston Corporation, et al. on September 28, 1970 (hereafter collectively referred to as “Dorfman-Juster”).1 The two cases were brought by…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Hall v. ColeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State of West Virginia v. Chas. Pfizer & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- West Virginia v. Chas. Pfizer & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by22 opinions
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation. (Appeal of Attorneys' Fee Awards)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- In Re SmithKline Beckman Corp. Securities LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1990
- Mashburn v. National Healthcare, Inc.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 1988
- Com. of Pennsylvania v. O'NEILLDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
- Lopez v. XTEL Construction Group, LLCDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2012
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