· 8/28/1980
Gerald Clark v. Lomas & Nettleton Financial Corporation
Citations
- 625 F.2d 49
- 30 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 144
- 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 14486
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that because controlling shareholders were defendants, the board was conflicted
- observing that the claims set forth in a derivative suit “belong not to [shareholders] but to [the corporation]” and thus it is generally left to the corporate directors to decide “whether to enforce corporate rights of action”
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Judges: Simpson, Hill, Hatch-Ett
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