WEISBERG v. COASTAL STATES GAS CORP.

No. 215, Docket 79-7417.

609 F.2d 650 (1979)

Joan WEISBERG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COASTAL STATES GAS CORPORATION, Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr., H. L. Blomquist, Jr., George L. Brundrett, Jr., Ervin O. Buck, Harold Burrow, Roy L. Gates, Charles F. Jones, J. Howard Marshall, Edward J. Mosher, Will Odom, and Fletcher L. Yarbarough, Defendants-Appellees, and Estate of Harry G. Fair, Warren L. Smith, Leonardo Moleiro, Robert Iglesias, Julio Iglesias, and Selman Holdings, Ltd., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avrom S. Fischer, Brooklyn, N. Y., for plaintiff-appellant.

Milton S. Gould, New York City (Shea, Gould, Climenko & Casey, New York City, Michael Lesch, Richard F. Czaja, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees O. S. Wyatt, Jr., H. L. Blomquist, Jr., George L. Brundrett, Jr., Harold Burrow, and Roy L. Gates.

Robert E. Walls, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee Coastal States Gas Corp.

Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons & Gates, New York City (Asa Rountree, Roger E. Podesta, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees Ervin O. Buck, Charles F. Jones, J. Howard Marshall II, Edward J. Mosher, Will E. Odom, and Fletcher L. Yarbarough.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, SMITH and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Joan Weisberg appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Lloyd F. MacMahon, J., dismissing the first claim for relief in her complaint against Coastal States Gas Corporation and its directors and Selman Holdings, Ltd., and its principals, all described more fully below. The basis of plaintiff's claim is that proxy statements used to solicit proxies for the election of defendant directors...

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