SPEED v. TRANSAMERICA CORPORATION

Civil Action No. 480.

71 F.Supp. 457 (1947)

SPEED et al. v. TRANSAMERICA CORPORATION.

District Court, D. Delaware.

May 9, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Frank, of New York City and Daniel O. Hastings and Ayres J. Stockly (of Hastings, Stockly, Walz & Wise), both of Wilmington, Del., for plaintiffs.

Hugh M. Morris and Edwin D. Steel, Jr. (of Morris, Steel, Nichols & Arsht), both of Wilmington, Del., for defendant.

Roger S. Foster, Sol., Robert S. Rubin, Associate Sol., Sidney H. Willner, Asst. Sol., Alexander Cohen and Herman D. Levinson, Attys., all of Philadelphia, Pa., for the Securities and Exchange Commission, amicus curiae.


LEAHY, District Judge.

The first count of the complaint is based on a common law action of fraud and deceit. Judgment for defendant will be had on this count in accordance with my decision in the Geller case.1

Counts 2, 3 and 4 charge that in acquiring the stock of public security holders (plaintiff is one), defendant as an insider did not make disclosure of facts materially affecting the value of such stock; and hence defendant...

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