BRAMBLES USA, INC. v. BLOCKER

Civ. A. No. 89-681 LON.

731 F.Supp. 643 (1990)

BRAMBLES USA, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. Barry B. BLOCKER, Melvyn Bell, Edwin E. Walhof, George D. Combs, Charles C. Robertson, William H. Wilson, Jack W. Forrest, Jim L. Hanna, Theodore L. Stebbins, C. Warner, Jr., Donald R. Blocker, G & L Ditz Living Trust, G. Ditz, Jr. Family Trust, John A. Ditz, Smedjan Enterprises, Ltd., W.D. Bain, Jr., Anne A. Bain, Nancy B. Cota, Kittler B. Zibart, Pauline T. Bain, Donald E. Fraser, Steven J. Anderson and David L. Morrell, Defendants, and Environmental Systems Company, a Delaware corporation, Nominal Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

February 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Franklin Balotti and C. Stephen Bigler of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del. (T. Livingston of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Stephen J. Rothschild and Randolph K. Herndon, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, Del., for defendants Bell, Walhof, Combs, Robertson, Wilson, Forrest, Hanna, Stebbins and Warner.

Bruce M. Stargatt, Josy W. Ingersoll and Bruce L. Silverstein of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, Del. (Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, Cal., and Neisar, Pahl, Cecchini & Gosselin, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for Blocker, Blocker, G & L Ditz Living Trust, G. Ditz, Jr. Family Trust, Ditz, Smedjan, Bain, Jr., Bain, Cota, Zibart, Bain, Fraser, Anderson and Morrell.

Thomas P. Preston, Judith N. Renzulli, John L. Olsen and David C. Weiss of Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Wilmington, Del., for nominal defendant Environmental Systems.


OPINION

LONGOBARDI, Chief Judge.

The Plaintiff Brambles USA, Inc. ("Brambles") commenced this derivative action on behalf of Environmental Systems Company ("Ensco") against the Ensco directors and the shareholders of Exceltech, Inc. ("Exceltech") for violations of Section 12(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 77l(2), Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b) and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder...

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