Wechsler v. Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld, LLP

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that a corporate officer could engage in voluntary “whistleblowing” activity to the SEC even if this meant disclosing privileged information
• “the issue is whether [the insider], believing that there was wrongdoing by the company’s officer-directors, voluntarily could disclose to the SEC privileged information already in his possession”
• whistle-blower who discloses privileged information could be sued “for breach of fiduciary duty if such disclosure were not in the company’s best interest”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Adelphia Communications Corp. v. Bank of America, N.A. (In Re Adelphia Communications Corp.)
  S.D. New York· 2007-06-11· cited 77×
• McHale v. Citibank, N.A. (In Re the 1031 Tax Group, LLC)
  S.D. New York· 2009-12-03· cited 53×
• Lefkowitz v. Bank of New York
  S.D. New York· 2009-12-22· cited 26×
• Tese-Milner v. Beeler (In Re Hampton Hotel Investors, L.P.)
  S.D. New York· 2003-02-28· cited 23×
• Adelphia Communications Corp. v. Bank of America, N.A. (In Re Adelphia Communications Corp.)
  S.D. New York· 2005-08-30· cited 23×
• People v. Greenberg
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2008-02-19· cited 22×
• Official Committee of the Unsecured Creditors of Color Tile, Inc. v. Investcorp S.A.
  S.D. New York· 1999-11-18· cited 15×
• Nomura Securities International, Inc. v. ETrade Securities, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2003-09-19· cited 14×
• Flaxer v. Gifford (In re Lehr Construction Corp.)
  S.D. New York· 2015-04-03· cited 5×
• OFFICIAL COMM. UNSECURED CREDITORS v. Investcorp
  S.D. New York· 1999-11-18
• Wallach ex rel. Promedicus Health Group, LLP v. McDermott (In re Promedicus Health Group, LLP)
  W.D. New York· 2006-12-15

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 24,791×
• McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1936-05-18· cited 4,144×
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas
  Supreme Court· 1990-01-10· cited 2,054×
• Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-17· cited 1,761×
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub
  Supreme Court· 1985-04-29· cited 753×
• National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Scheidler
  Supreme Court· 1994-01-24· cited 661×
• Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. v. Walter Wagoner, Jr., Trustee
  Second Circuit· 1991-09-18· cited 371×
• Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation v. Cosprophar, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1994-08-12· cited 114×
• Schulz v. Williams
  Second Circuit· 1994-11-02· cited 65×
• Fund for Animals v. Babbitt
  Second Circuit· 1996-07-17· cited 55×
• Henshaw v. American Cement Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1969-03-21· cited 43×
• Wechsler v. Quadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld, L.L.P.
  S.D. New York· 1997-07-28· cited 42×
• Journal Publishing Co. v. American Home Assurance Co.
  S.D. New York· 1991-08-21· cited 41×
• Gottlieb v. Wiles
  D. Colorado· 1992-02-11· cited 39×
• Milroy v. Hanson
  D. Nebraska· 1995-02-03· cited 32×
• Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Cosprophar, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1993-08-10· cited 27×
• Glidden Co. v. Jandernoa
  W.D. Michigan· 1997-06-05· cited 27×
• Hoiles v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1984-06-29· cited 24×
• Barrett v. United States Banknote Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1992-10-07· cited 17×
• Interfaith Housing Delaware, Inc. v. Town of Georgetown
  D. Delaware· 1994-01-12· cited 16×

Other cases named Wechsler v. Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld, LLP

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Wechsler v. Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent, & Sheinfeld LLP
  S.D. New York· 1996-09-04· cited 11×