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· 4/13/2022

In the Matter of Robert S. Guyton

Syllabus

In this attorney disciplinary matter, the Court imposes a public reprimand and a fine.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • alleged mismanagement adversely affected plaintiffs only as owners of corporate stock, and thus could only be challenged in derivative action
  • “[T]he wrong underlying a derivative action is indirect, at least as to the shareholders. It adversely affects them merely as they are the owners of the corporate stock; only the corporation itself suffers the direct wrong.”

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