TABAS v. MULLANE

Civ. A. Nos. 84-309, 84-406 and 84-776.

608 F.Supp. 759 (1985)

Harriette TABAS, Plaintiff, v. Robert E. MULLANE, et al., Defendants. Eli BALLAN and Harry Lewis, Plaintiffs, v. Robert E. MULLANE, et al., Defendants. Isabel HEFFLER, Plaintiff, v. William T. O'DONNELL, Sr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

January 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip S. Fuoco, Haddonfield, N.J., and Stuart H. Savett, Barbara A. Podell, Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., and Sherrie R. Savett, Stephen A. Whinston, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., and Stanley Nemser, I. Stephen Rabin, Patricia I. Avery, Wolf Popper Ross Wolf & Jones, New York City, for plaintiffs.

H. Curtis Meanor, Lowenstein, Sandler, Brochin, Kohl, Fisher, Boylan & Meanor, Roseland, N.J., and William D. Heinz, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for defendant William T. O'Donnell, Sr.

John E. Martindale, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant Bally Mfg. Corp.

Clive S. Cummis, Sills Beck Cummis Zuckerman Radin & Tischman, P.A., Newark, N.J., for defendants Bally Mfg. Corp. and Directors of Bally Mfg. Corp.

Randy Herndon, Steven J. Rothschild, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, Del., for Directors of Bally Mfg. Corp.


OPINION

BROTMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this derivative action under the court's diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Defendants move to dismiss plaintiffs' petition for failure to state a claim pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Defendants also move, in the alternative, to stay this proceeding pending the disposition of a similar action in the Delaware Chancery Court. The court heard oral argument on these motions...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases