PUMA v. MARRIOTT

Civ. A. No. 3275.

363 F.Supp. 750 (1973)

John PUMA, Plaintiff, v. J. Willard MARRIOTT et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 17, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest S. Wilson, Jr., of Wilson & Russell, Wilmington, Del., and Stanley L. Kaufman and Allan K. Peckel, of Kaufman, Taylor, Kimmel & Miller, New York City, for plaintiff.

R. Franklin Balotti, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., and Frank H. Strickler, of Whiteford, Hart, Carmody & Wilson, Washington, D. C., for defendants, Marriott Corp. and Don G. Mitchell.

David F. Anderson, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., and Burton A. Schwalb, of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D. C., for various individual defendants.


OPINION

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.

This is a derivative stockholders' suit brought on behalf of Marriott-Hot Shoppes, Inc. (MHS) alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U. S.C. §§ 78j(b) and 78n(a) and Rules 14a-9 and 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. The plaintiff argues that the defendants utilized a false and misleading proxy statement to solicit shareholder approval for and effectuate MHS...

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