GALL v. EXXON CORP.

No. 75 Civ. 3682.

418 F.Supp. 508 (1976)

Joan Levine GALL, as Executrix of the Estate of Nathan Levine, Plaintiff, v. EXXON CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

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

July 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kass, Goodkind, Wechsler & Gerstein, by Stuart D. Wechsler, Michael P. Fuchs, New York City, for plaintiff.

Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, by Roy H. Steyer, David M. Olasov, Margaret Pfeiffer, for defendant Exxon Corp.

Shearman & Sterling, by Werner L. Polak, New York City, for defendants J. K. Jamieson, C. C. Garvin, Jr., T. D. Barrow, N. J. Campbell, Jr., E. G. Collado, D. M. Cox, H. C. Kauffman, G. T. Piercy, S. Vazquez and M. A. Wright.

White & Case, by Haliburton Fales, II, New York City, for defendants W. H. Franklin, T. V. Learson and D. S. MacNaughton.


OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

Defendants have moved, pursuant to Rule 56, F.R.Civ.P., for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's complaint on the grounds that the Special Committee on Litigation ("Special Committee"), acting as the Board of Directors of Exxon Corporation ("Exxon"), has determined in the good faith exercise of its sound business judgment that it is contrary to the interests of Exxon to institute suit on the basis of any matters...

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