1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 583 F.Supp.
  5. 583 F.Supp. 405 (1984)
 

BURTON v. EXXON CORP.

No. 81 Civ. 5040 (GLG).

583 F.Supp. 405 (1984)

John R. BURTON, suing on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated holders of $7 Cumulative Second Preferred Stock of European Gas & Electric Company, Plaintiff, v. EXXON CORPORATION, European Gas & Electric Company, R.F. Dilworth, D.G. Gill and W.W. Stewart, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

As Amended April 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, New York City, and Chestnut & Brooks, P.A., Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiff and plaintiff class; Sidney Dickstein, Leonard Garment, New York City, Peter W. Morgan, Washington, D.C., and Thomas H. Graham, Minneapolis, Minn., of counsel.

Sullivan & Cromwell, and Kenneth M. Bialo, New York City, for defendant Exxon Corp.; Robert M. Osgood, Robert J. Lack, Richard E. Simpson, New York City, of counsel.

Walsh & Frisch, New York City, for defendant European Gas & Electric Company; E. Roger Frisch, Jerome K. Walsh, New York City, of counsel.

Satterlee & Stephens, New York City, for defendants R.F. Dilworth, D.G. Gill and W.W. Stewart; Robert M. Callagy, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

This is a class action brought by plaintiff John R. Burton on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated holders of $7 Cumulative Second Preferred Stock of the European Gas & Electric Company ("Eurogasco") against Eurogasco, the Exxon Corporation ("Exxon"), R.F. Dilworth, D.G. Gill, and W.W. Stewart. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the Second Preferred stockholders...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases