GOTTESMAN v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Civ. No. 121-251.

310 F.Supp. 1257 (1970)

Callman GOTTESMAN, Maria Mattiello and Paul J. Peyser, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Defendants.

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

March 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Brady, New York City, for plaintiffs, O'Connor & Farber, Gordon, Brady, Caffrey & Keller, Netter, Lewy, Dowd, Fox, Ness & Stream, Rogers, Hoge & Hills, Leo Brady, Clendon H. Lee, Arthur B. Netter, Richard Netter, Henry L. Bayles, Abbott Gould and Sidney P. Howell, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Ross L. Malone, New York City, for defendant, General Motors Corp., Edward B. Wallace, William A. Grier, John J. Higgins and Philip H. Omsberg, New York City, of counsel.

Littauer, Gordon, Ullman, Riseman & Ploscowe, New York City, and Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., for defendant, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Frank H. Gordon, New York City, Daniel M. Gribbon and Harris Weinstein, Washington, D. C., and Irving S. Shapiro, Wilmington, Del., of counsel.


METZNER, District Judge.

This derivative action by minority stockholders of General Motors sought treble damages pursuant to § 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15, alleging that du Pont had violated § 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18, and §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 & 2, and had breached its common law fiduciary duty to General Motors. The action was instituted immediately after the Supreme Court announced...

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