LAWSON v. BALTIMORE PAINT AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION

Civ. No. 18497.

298 F.Supp. 373 (1969)

Seward N. LAWSON, William H. Peirce, and Warren A. Risk v. BALTIMORE PAINT AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, a body corporate of the State of Maryland, Edward Krock, Victor Muscat, Robert L. Huffines, Jr., A. Alex Shuford, Roy M. Cohn and Defiance Industries, Inc., a body corporate of the State of Ohio.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

April 16, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Rosenthal and David Freishtat, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs.

Decatur H. Miller and John Martin Jones, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for defendant Shuford.

George W. McManus, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for other defendants.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

This is a shareholders' derivative suit brought by three shareholders of Baltimore Paint and Chemical Corporation (Corporation), five of its directors and former directors, and one of its shareholders. Corporation was incorporated in Maryland and has its principal office and place of business in Baltimore. Federal jurisdiction is founded on diversity of citizenship and amount in controversy, which are not disputed. Venue in this Court exists...

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