MAYFLOWER HOTEL STOCK. P. COM. v. MAYFLOWER HOTEL CORP.

No. 10745.

193 F.2d 666 (1951)

MAYFLOWER HOTEL STOCKHOLDERS PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE et al. v. MAYFLOWER HOTEL CORP. et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1951.

Argued On Rehearing October 25, 1951.

Decided November 29, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. D. Worth Clark and Leslie C. Garnett, with whom Messrs. John Lewis Smith, Samuel F. Beach, John Lewis Smith, Jr., Edgar J. Goodrich and Jerome J. Dick were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Claude A. Roth, of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Illinois, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, and Mr. Roger J. Whiteford, with whom Mr. John J. Wilson was on the brief, for appellees Hilton Hotels Corporation, Joseph P. Binns, Harry L. Ludwig and William J. Friedman. Mr. Jo V. Morgan Jr., also entered an appearance for these appellees.

Mr. Edmund L. Jones, with whom Messrs. Nelson T. Hartson and William B. Harvey were on the brief, for appellees Mayflower Hotel Corporation, John Clifford Folger, John Stewart, Robert V. Fleming and Thornton Rancy.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, PRETTYMAN and FAHY, Circuit Judges.


FAHY, Circuit Judge.

Certain minority stockholders of the Mayflower Hotel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (referred to in this opinion as Mayflower), filed an action in the District Court against Mayflower, Hilton Hotels Corporation (referred to as Hilton), and certain officers of these and other corporations involved in transactions attacked as illegal. The case was before this court in Mayflower Hotel Stock. P. C. v. Mayflower Hotel Corp., 1949, 84 U.S.App.D...

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