· 9/24/1974
Harry Lewis v. Robert S. Odell, and Howard Butcher III
Citations
- 503 F.2d 445
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- 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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