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NICHOLS v. LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO.

No. 56, Docket 22723.

207 F.2d 931 (1953)

NICHOLS et al. v. LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold G. Aron and Armstrong & Keith, New York City, for appellants.

David K. Kadane, Mineola, N. Y. (Charles E. Elbert, Forest Hills, N. Y., and Bertram D. Moll, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Roger S. Foster, General Counsel, Myron S. Isaacs, Associate General Counsel, Washington, D. C. (Aaron Levy, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for Securities and Exchange Commission, intervenor-appellee.

Before L. HAND, SWAN and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an action sounding in tort brought by the plaintiff Nichols as representative of a group of the old common stockholders of the defendant Long Island Lighting Company (hereinafter referred to as Long Island). The charge is one of conspiracy and fraud against the defendant which is said to have resulted in damage to the stockholders in the amount of $27,500,000.

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