MORRISSEY v. COUNTY TOWER CORP.

No. 83-1377.

717 F.2d 1227 (1983)

Joseph O. MORRISSEY, Jr., individually and derivatively on behalf of County Tower Corp., Appellant, v. COUNTY TOWER CORP., William E. Ball, Andrew N. Bauer, L. Carl Owen, Jr., Harlan A. Eckhardt, J. Gordon Forsyth, William A. Frank, William N. Harsha, Jack R. Hennessey, Ben Hesselberg, James C. Laflin, John K. Lilly, Eugene T. Luning, John M. McIlroy, Sr., Ben Peck, Merle M. Sanguinet, H.D. Schodde, L. Edward Smart, Frank K. Spinner, Jules Q. Strong, Gregory B. Vatterott, Earl E. Walker, Mahlon B. Wallace, III and Robert C. Wolford, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guilfoil Petzall & Shoemake, Thomas J. Guilfoil, Jim J. Shoemake, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant Joseph O. Morrissey, Jr.

Arnold & Porter, John D. Hawke, Jr., Robert D. Rosenbaum, William J. Baer, Gary E. Humes, Washington, D.C., Lashly, Caruthers, Baer & Hamel, P.C., Albert H. Hamel, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees County Tower Corp., et al.

Before BRIGHT, ARNOLD and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Joseph O. Morrissey, Jr., a shareholder in County Tower Corp., brought this action individually and on behalf of the corporation for money damages and to secure injunctive relief voiding the results of a special meeting of shareholders at which amendments to County Tower's articles of incorporation and by-laws were adopted. The effect of the amendments was to make it more difficult for a large shareholder to...

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