NICHOLS v. ALKER

Civ. A. No. 14890.

126 F.Supp. 679 (1954)

Ennis M. NICHOLS, individually and on behalf of other stockholders of Long Island Lighting Company, similarly situated, and as Acting Chairman and member of the Committee of the Common Stockholders Committee of Long Island Lighting Company, and Common Stockholders Committee of Long Island Lighting Company, Plaintiffs, v. Harry A. ALKER, Edward F. Barrett, Dougall C. Fraser, John Vannek, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

December 14, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berenson & Meisels, New York City, for plaintiffs. David M. Berenson, New York City, of counsel.

David K. Kadane, New York City, for Edward F. Barrett and others, and pro se.

Percival E. Jackson, New York City, pro se.

Charles C. Lockwood, Brooklyn, N. Y., for John Vannek.


GALSTON, District Judge.

In this action the plaintiff, on behalf of himself and other stockholders of the Long Island Lighting Company similarly situated, alleges in effect that the defendants conspired for the purpose of destroying the rights of the plaintiff and other stockholders similarly situated by causing the Securities and Exchange Commission to institute proceedings in the federal courts to enjoin enforcement of a so-called 1944 Recapitalization, approved...

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