STRASENBURGH v. STRAUBMULLER


146 N.J. 527 (1996)

683 A.2d 818

JOHN GRIFFIN STRASENBURGH; JOHN B. STRASENBURGH, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE FOR BLAIR BALDWIN STRASENBURGH, JOHN GRIFFIN STRASENBURGH, JR., GEORGE GUTHRIE APPLEGATE, OLIVER JAMES STRASENBURGH, TOBY E.A. STRASENBURGH, SARAH HOUGHTON STRASENBURGH, ALLISON WEBB STRASENBURGH, AMOS EIGHMY APPLEGATE, AND SAMUEL CHURCH APPLEGATE; SALLY STRASENBURGH APPLEGATE LANE, F/K/A SALLY STRASENBURGH APPLEGATE; SUSAN HUFFARD BALL, A/K/A FRANCES SUSAN WHEATON HUFFARD; COURTNEY MONTAGU HUFFARD; PAUL PHILLIPPI HUFFARD, IV; TREVOR LANSING HUFFARD; WHITNEY LANCASTER HUFFARD; ADA A. STRASENBURGH; LOUISE HOUGHTON STRASENBURGH AND JAMES A. STRASENBURGH, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. GEORGE J. STRAUBMULLER, III; ROBERT I. VEGHTE; EDWARD C. WHEATON; EDWARD SCOTT WHEATON; JOHN THOMAS WHEATON; W. GLENN GIES AND MICHAEL T. ZEE, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. WHEATON INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS WHEATON INDUSTRIES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. DOUGLAS FREDERICK SMITH, A/K/A DOUGLAS F. SMITH, AND ANTHONY D. SMITH, TRUSTEE FOR DOUGLAS FREDERICK SMITH, DEFENDANTS, AND SUSAN HUFFARD BALL, P. PHILLIPPI HUFFARD, IV, TREVOR LANSING HUFFARD, WHITNEY LANCASTER HUFFARD, COURTNEY MONTAGU HUFFARD, ROBERT D. ROBERTSON, A/K/A ROBERT SHAW, FRANK H. WHEATON, III, CUSTODIAN FOR AMANDA ELIZABETH WHEATON, FRANK H. WHEATON, III, A/K/A FRANK H. WHEATON, III, FRANK H. WHEATON, III, CUSTODIAN FOR CHRISTOPHER BAINBRIDGE WHEATON, ADA A. STRASENBURGH, JAMES A. STRASENBURGH, JOHN B. STRASENBURGH, JOHN GRIFFIN STRASENBURGH, JOHN B. STRASENBURGH, TRUSTEE FOR JOHN GRIFFIN STRASENBURGH, JR.; JOHN B. STRASENBURGH, TRUSTEE FOR BLAIR BALDWIN STRASENBURGH, LOUISE HOUGHTON STRASENBURGH, JOHN B. STRASENBURGH, TRUSTEE FOR SARAH HOUGHTON STRASENBURGH, JOHN B. STRASENBURGH, TRUSTEE FOR TOBY E.A. STRASENBURGH, SALLY STRASENBURGH APPLEGATE LANE, JOHN B. STRASENBURGH, TRUSTEE FOR SAMUEL CHURCH APPLEGATE, JOHN B. STRASENBURGH, TRUSTEE FOR AMOS EIGHMY APPLEGATE, JOHN B. STRASENBURGH, TRUSTEE FOR GEORGE GUTHRIE APPLEGATE, JOHN B. STRASENBURGH, TRUSTEE FOR ALLISON WEBB STRASENBURGH AND JOHN B. STRASENBURGH, TRUSTEE FOR OLIVER JAMES STRASENBURGH, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Novack argued the cause for appellants George J. Straubmuller, III, Robert I. Veghte, Edward C. Wheaton, Edward Scott Wheaton, John Thomas Wheaton, W. Glenn Gies and Michael T. Zee (Budd Larner Gross Rosenbaum Greenberg & Sade, attorneys; Mr. Novack, Carl Greenberg and William D. Sanders, on the briefs).

Joseph H. Kenney argued the cause for appellant Wheaton, Inc., etc. (Kenney & Kearney, attorneys; Mr. Kenney, Mark Schwartz and Allen A. Etish, on the briefs).

Frederick L. Whitmer argued the cause for respondents (Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, attorneys for John Griffin Strasenburgh, et al. and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, attorneys for respondents Frank H. Wheaton, III, and Robert D. Robertson a/k/a Robert Shaw; Mr. Whitmer and Andrew L. Jewel, on the brief).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

These appeals essentially concern a dispute about the management of a family business that began as a one-man glass works and evolved into a multinational corporation. Wheaton, Inc. (Wheaton) is a large, but closely-held corporation that manufactures glass, plastics, and scientific equipment. (We use the present tense to describe the situation at the time when we heard...

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