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KAPLAN v. BENNETT

Nos. 77 Civ. 576, 77 Civ. 730 (CHT).

465 F.Supp. 555 (1979)

Irving KAPLAN and Frances Kaplan, Plaintiffs, v. William F. BENNETT et al., Defendants. Robert SOSHNICK, Plaintiff, v. William F. BENNETT et al., Defendants.

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

February 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milberg, Weiss, Bershad & Specthrie, New York City, for plaintiffs; Jared Specthrie, A. Arnold Gershon, New York City, of counsel.

Dean C. Rohrer, New York City, for defendant Gen. Tel. & Electronics Corp.; Samuel J. Wilson, New York City, of counsel.

Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City, for defendants James W. Walter, Nelson J. Darling, Jr. and George A. Murphy; Peter H. Kaminer, Stephen A. Weiner, Susan S. Egan, New York City, of counsel.

Garwin & Bronzaft, New York City, for plaintiff; Bertram Bronzaft, New York City, of counsel.

Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for defendants John J. Douglas, Theodore F. Brophy and Leslie H. Warner; Steven J. Glassman, New York City, of counsel.

Breed, Abbott & Morgan, New York City, for defendant Arthur Andersen & Co.; George F. Vary, James D. Zirin, New York City, Wilson & McIlvaine, Charles W. Boand, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

OPINION

TENNEY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Irving Kaplan and Frances Kaplan are suing derivatively on behalf of General Telephone & Electronics Corporation ("GTE"), alleging violations of sections 10(b), 12(b), 13(a) and 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b), 78l(b), 78m(a), 78n(a) ("the Act"), and waste of assets and breach of fiduciary duties under state law.1 Plaintiff Robert...

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