PELLER v. THE SOUTHERN CO.

No. 1:86-CV-975-RCF.

707 F.Supp. 525 (1988)

Kenneth E. PELLER, Custodian for Arthur David Peller and Kelly Antoinette Peller, Suing derivatively, in the right and for the benefit of The Southern Company and Georgia Power Company, v. THE SOUTHERN COMPANY, et al.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia.

December 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T.M. Garland, Robin Loeb Kurtzman, The Garland Firm, Atlanta, Ga., Michael Grant Kohn, Robert B. Matusoff, pro hac vice, Gene Mesh & Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Kenneth E. Peller, et al.

John J. Dalton, Troutman Sanders Lockerman & Ashmore, Atlanta, Ga., for Southern Co., Georgia Power Co.

Robert G. Stachler, pro hac vice, Taft Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Edward L. Addison, Alan R. Barton, A.W. Dahlberg, Joseph M. Farley, Douglas L. McCrary, Robert W. Scherer, Alvin W. Vogtle, Jr., V.J. Daniels, Jr., H.G. Baker, Jr., J.A. Gantt, Warren Y. Jobe, Richard J. Kelly, George W. Edwards, Jr., and James H. Miller, Jr.

John J. Dalton, Troutman Sanders Lockerman & Ashmore, Atlanta, Ga., William O. Fifield, pro hac vice, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for William J. Cabaniss, Jr., Charles H. Chapman, Jr., John W. Langdale, Earl L. McLean, Jr., Robert H. Radcliff, Jr., Crawford Rainwater, William J. Rushton, III, Herbert Stockman, Frank P. Samford, Jr.

Griffin B. Bell, Frank C. Jones, Martin Robert Thornton, Perry Elizabeth Pearce, King & Spalding, John J. Dalton, Troutman Sanders Lockerman & Ashmore, Atlanta, Ga., William O. Fifield, pro hac vice, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for William S. Morris, III, William A. Parker, Jr., Gloria M. Shatto, Dr. and L.G. Hardman, III.

Griffin B. Bell, Frank C. Jones, Martin Robert Thornton, Perry Elizabeth Pearce, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Ga., William O. Fifield, pro hac vice, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill, for H.G. Pattillo.

William O. Fifield, pro hac vice, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill, for A.F. Dantzler.

Griffin B. Bell, Frank C. Jones, Martin Robert Thornton, Perry Elizabeth Pearce, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Ga., for W.G. Autrey, Bennett A. Brown, W.A. Fickling, Jr., L.S. Flowers, Robert Strickland, William B. Turner, Carl Ware and T.R. Williams.


ORDER

RICHARD C. FREEMAN, District Judge.

This action is before the court on defendants' renewed motion to dismiss, or for summary judgment. Plaintiff opposes the motion.

Plaintiff is a shareholder of the Southern Company, and in this shareholder derivative action he alleges that defendants, including past and present directors of The Southern Company and its whollyowned subsidiary Georgia Power Company, breached their fiduciary duties and acted...

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