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· 9/24/1974

Harry Lewis v. Robert S. Odell, and Howard Butcher III

Citations

  • 503 F.2d 445

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  • corporation was managed at the time of the action by bankruptcy trustees who were not named in the complaint
  • corporation was managed at the time of the action by bankruptcy trustees who were not named in the complaint
  • “As a general rule the federal courts are required to realign parties according to their real interests so as to produce an actual collision of interests.”
  • corporation will not be realigned as a defendant in shareholder derivative action where it had retained neutrality in its responses to the complaint

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Judges: Lumbard, Hays, Timbers

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