MURPHY v. GUTFREUND

No. 82 Civ. 2394 (MEL).

583 F.Supp. 957 (1984)

Vincent B. MURPHY, Jr., Plaintiff, v. John H. GUTFREUND, Richard J. Schmeelk, Gedale Horowitz, Richard G. Rosenthal, J. Ira Harris, Thomas W. Strauss and William J. Voute, Liquidators of Salomon Brothers Holding Company and Salomon Brothers, Defendants.

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

April 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for plaintiff; Frederick T. Davis, Leslie C. Levin, Lynn P. Freedman, New York City, of counsel.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, for defendants; Herbert M. Wachtell, Theodore N. Mirvis, Barry A. Weprin, Louis J. Barash, New York City, of counsel.


LASKER, District Judge.

This suit arises out of the buyout of Salomon Brothers in 1981 by Phibro Corp. Plaintiff Vincent B. Murphy, until 1980 a former Salomon Brothers general partner, has brought this action for the alleged breach of an annuity agreement by defendants under which plaintiff was to receive $125,000 per year for ten years. Defendants, Liquidators of Salomon Brothers Holding Company ("SBHC") and of Salomon Brothers, move to dismiss the complaint for...

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