BOLTON v. GRAMLICH

Nos. 81 CIV 2806 (LBS), 80 CIV 7410 (LBS).

540 F.Supp. 822 (1982)

William BOLTON, Commonwealth Holding Co., and Oliver R. Grace, Jr., suing individually and derivatively in the right and for the benefit of Terrydale Realty Trust, and BCG Associates, Plaintiffs, v. John J. GRAMLICH, J. Russell Gramlich, Michael J. Gramlich, James A. Kostoryz, Terrydale Management Corporation, John D. O'Flaherty, J. Harlan Stamper, Thomas J. Murphy, Morris, Larson, King, Stamper and Bold, P. C., San Francisco Real Estate Investors, Lincoln Tower Building Co., and Subdale Corp., Defendants, and Terrydale Realty Trust, Nominal Defendant. William BOLTON, Commonwealth Holding Co., and Oliver R. Grace, Jr., suing individually and derivatively in the right and for the benefit of Terrydale Realty Trust, Plaintiffs, v. John J. GRAMLICH, Michael J. Gramlich, James A. Kostoryz, Terrydale Management Corporation, J. Russell Gramlich, Paul D. Ambrose, John D. O'Flaherty, J. Harlan Stamper, and Thomas J. Murphy, Defendants, and Terrydale Realty Trust, Defendant and Nominal Defendant.

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

January 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leventritt, Lewittes & Bender, Sidney Bender, Aaron Lewittes, New York City, for plaintiffs in Bolton I and Bolton II.

Williams & Connolly, Steven M. Umin, Paul Martin Wolff, Donald E. Schwartz, F. Whitten Peters, Washington, D. C., and Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives, J. Daniel Mahoney, New York City, for defendant Trustees of Terrydale Realty Trust in Bolton I and Bolton II.

Turk, Marsh, Kelly & Hoare, John Anthony Smith, New York City; for nominal defendant Terrydale Realty Trust in Bolton I and Bolton II.

Polsinelli, White & Schulte, David A. Welte, Joseph R. Colantuono, Kansas City, Mo., and Hall, Dickler, Lawler, Kent & Howley, Norman L. Faber, New York City, for defendants Michael J. Gramlich, James A. Kostoryz and Terrydale Management Corp. in Bolton I and Bolton II.

Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, Marvin E. Frankel, Alexander Gigante, New York City, for defendants Lincoln Tower Bldg. Co. and Subdale Corp. in Bolton II.

D'Amato & Lynch, Robert E. Meshel, Andrew R. Simmonds, New York City, for defendant Morris, Larson, King, Stamper & Bold, P.C. in Bolton II.

Landels, Ripley & Diamond, Harvey L. Leiderman, San Francisco, Cal., and Rogers & Wells, Herbert C. Earnshaw, Rex W. Mixon, Jr., New York City, for defendant San Francisco Real Estate Investors in Bolton II.


OPINION

SAND, District Judge.

In the two actions now before the Court on motions to dismiss, the plaintiffs are disappointed tender offerors who strain to find protection in federal law. The defendants, who perceive the plaintiffs' pleading as an invalid attempt to invoke a federal forum, allege that the plaintiffs have impermissibly grafted federal claims onto what are essentially state law claims for breach of fiduciary duty. The transactions giving rise...

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