PITTSBURGH TERMINAL CORP. v. BALTIMORE & O. R. CO.

Nos. 81-1674, 81-1675.

680 F.2d 933 (1982)

PITTSBURGH TERMINAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. The BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY, W. James Price, Alonzo G. Decker, Jr., James Parker Nolan, Frederick Deane, Jr., James L. O'Keefe, Gregory S. Devine, Fay A. Le Fevre, Nicholas T. Camicia, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, Steven Muller, John K. Stevenson, Hays T. Watkins, Howard E. Simpson and Cyrus S. Eaton, all Directors or former Directors of The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and/or the Chessie System, The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and Chessie System, Inc. Monroe GUTTMANN, Loretta Guttmann, Janet Rees and Evelyn Bittner, Appellants, v. The BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY, W. James Price, Alonzo G. Decker, Jr., James Parker Nolan, Frederick Deane, Jr., James L. O'Keefe, Gregory S. Devine, Fay A. Le Fevre, Nicholas T. Camicia, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, Steven Muller, John K. Stevenson, Hays T. Watkins, Howard E. Simpson and Cyrus S. Eaton, all Directors or former Directors of The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and/or the Chessie System, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and Chessie System, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 8 and July 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Malakoff (argued), Berger, Kapetan, Malakoff & Meyers, P. C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants, Pittsburgh Terminal Corp. and Monroe Guttmann, Loretta Guttmann, Janet Rees and Evelyn Bittner.

Richard T. Wentley (argued), Anthony J. Basinski, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees, The Baltimore & O. R. Co., The Chesapeake & O. R. Co. and Chessie System, Inc.

John J. Repcheck (argued), Gary F. Sharlock, David P. Helwig, Sharlock, Repcheck, Engel & Mahler, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees, W. James Price, Alonzo G. Decker, Jr., James Parker Nolan, Frederick Deane, Jr., James L. O'Keefe, Gregory S. Devine, Fay A. Le Fevre, Nicholas T. Camicia, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, Steven Muller, John K. Stevenson, Hays T. Watkins, Howard E. Simpson and Cyrus S. Eaton.

Ralph C. Ferrara, Gen. Counsel, Jacob H. Stillman, Associate Gen. Counsel, Gilbert Miller, Atty. Fellow, S. Lee Terry, Jr., Atty., Securities and Exchange Com'n, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae, Securities and Exchange Commission; Paul Gonson, Sol., Securities and Exchange Com'n, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before ADAMS, GIBBONS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied July 8 and July 9, 1982.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Pittsburgh Terminal Corporation, Monroe Guttmann, Loretta Guttmann, Evelyn Bittner and Janet Rees (the Bondholders), holders, prior to December 13, 1977, of convertible debentures issued by The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (B & O), appeal from a final judgment dismissing their complaint, which charged that...

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