PERGAMENT v. KAISER-FRAZER CORPORATION

Nos. 12246, 12255, 12256.

224 F.2d 80 (1955)

Jerome R. PERGAMENT, Louis Dabney, Lemuel B. Schofield et al., Appellants, v. KAISER-FRAZER CORPORATION, Appellee. Lewis M. DABNEY, Jr. v. KAISER MOTORS CORPORATION. Lemuel B. SCHOFIELD et al. v. KAISER MOTORS CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simon H. Rifkind, New York City, Samuel L. Chess, New York City, Perlman, Goodman, Hecht & Chesler, Chicago, Ill., Fischer & Fischer, Detroit, Mich., on brief, for Jerome R. Pergament et al.

Lewis M. Dabney, Jr., New York City, for Lewis M. Dabney, Jr.

Lemuel B. Schofield, Philadelphia, Pa., G. Fred DiBona and Marvin Comisky, Philadelphia, Pa., Clair John Killoran, Wilmington, Del., Murray C. Bernays, New York City, Ernest P. LaJoie, Detroit, Mich., on brief, for Lemuel B. Schofield et al.

Rockwell T. Gust, Detroit, Mich., Butzel, Eaman, Long, Gust & Kennedy, Detroit, Mich., Wilkie, Owen, Farr, Gallagher & Walton, New York City, A. Hilliard Williams, Philip T. Van Zile, II, Detroit, Mich., on brief, for Kaiser Motors Corp.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and MARTIN and McALLISTER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appeals, heard together upon the same record, present complaints to allowance and disallowance of attorneys' fees and expenses to counsel for stockholders of the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, in derivative suits against directors of Kaiser-Frazer and related corporations. The so-called "Chess Group" of attorneys, representing Pergament and other stockholders, negotiated and were proponents of a settlement with the Kaiser interests. The so-called "Schofield...

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