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· 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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