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IN RE PENN CENTRAL SECURITIES LITIGATION

M.D.L. Docket No. 56, Civ. A. No. 71-2838.

367 F.Supp. 1158 (1973)

In re PENN CENTRAL SECURITIES LITIGATION. Byron WILLIAMS et al. v. PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

As Amended December 3, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Penner, Brooks, Tarlton & Gilbert, Arch B. Gilbert, Ben A. Douglas, Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Pelino, Wasserstrom, Chucas & Monteverde, Tom P. Monteverde, Philadelphia, Pa., O'Melveny & Myers, Warren Christopher, Donald M. Wessling, Los Angeles, Cal., for Pennsylvania Co.

Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Joseph W. Swain, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Dennis J. Block, Peter Gruenberger, Neal A. Schwarzfeld, Peter D. Standish, New York City, for Glore Forgan Wm. R. Staats, Inc., Glore Staats Corp. and DuPont-Glore-Forgan, Inc.

Hall, Dickler & Howley, Milford Fenster, New York City, for Glore Forgan Staats & Co., and others.

LaBrum & Doak, Edward C. German, Philadelphia, Pa., for David C. Bevan.

Bolger & Picker, Steven R. Waxman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Stuart T. Saunders.

Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Miles H. Shore, Philadelphia, Pa., for William R. Gerstnecker.

William P. Fonville, Dallas, Tex., Joseph R. Austin, Antonio Rossmann, Tuttle & Taylor, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., Paul J. Bankes, Jr., Zink, Owens & Shinehouse, Philadelphia, Pa., for Great Southwest Corp.

Shearman & Sterling, New York City, for First National City Bank.

James W. Adelman, Adelman & Lavine, Philadelphia, Pa., for E. Clayton Gengras.

Lewis H. Van Dusen, Jr., Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for Paul A. Gorman and R. Stewart Rauch.

William L. Matz, Philadelphia, Pa., for Chase Manhattan Bank.

Seymour I. Toll, Philadelphia, Pa., for Charles Hodge.

Charles P. Storey, Storey, Armstrong & Steger, Dallas, Tex., for Angus Wynne, Sr.

John L. Hauer, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Dallas, Tex., for Angus Wynne, Jr.

A. M. Herman, Brown, Herman, Scott, Dean & Miles, Fort Worth, Tex., for Amon Carter.

Patrick E. Higginbotham, Coke & Coke, Dallas, Tex., for Robert H. Stewart III.

Robert S. Travis, Cantey, Hanger, Gooch, Cravens & Munn, Fort Worth, Tex., for Murray Kyger.

J. Allen Dougherty, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for Murray Kyger and Robert H. Stewart III.

Michael I. Miller, Terry F. Moritz, Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Chicago, Ill., for James W. Pope and Charles S. Vrtis.

David Berger, David Berger, P. A., Philadelphia, Pa., Alfred S. Julien, Julien, Glasser, Blitz & Schlesinger, New York City, Liaison Counsel for plaintiffs.

Lewis H. Van Dusen, Jr., Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., Liaison Counsel for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.

Intervenor-plaintiffs Lawler and Foster ("plaintiffs"), who have filed a Second Amended Complaint on behalf of all plaintiffs, are shareholders of Great Southwest Corporation ("GSC").1 Plaintiffs allege that defendants, by virtue of numerous acts and omissions, have violated §§ 10(b) and 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U. S.C. §§ 78j and...

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