WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL, INC. v. TORCHMARK CORP.

No. CIV.A. 01-2372-KHV.

292 F.Supp.2d 1270 (2003)

WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL, INC., Waddell & Reed, Inc., and Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company, Plaintiffs, v. TORCHMARK CORPORATION, Ronald K. Richey, Harold T. McCormick, and Louis T. Hagopian, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

November 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Griffin, Stephen J. Torline, Blackwell, Sanders, Peper, Martin, LLP, Kansas City, MO, L. Steven Grasz, Megan Sebastian Wright, Nicole B. Theophilus, Thomas H. Dahlk, Trenten P. Bausch, Blackwell, Sanders, Peper, Martin, LLP, Omaha, NE, for Plaintiffs.

Betsy Palmer Collins, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA, Brenda Ranee Mesker, Matthew C. Miller, Scott C. Nehrbass, William R. Sampson, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Overland Park, KS, Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr., James W. Gewin, Michael R. Pennington, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP, Birmingham, AL, William J. Baxley, Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin & McKnight, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

VRATIL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have filed suit against Torchmark Corporation ("Torchmark") and Ronald K. Richey, Harold T. McCormick and Louis T. Hagopian. Torchmark is the former corporate parent of Waddell & Reed, Inc. The individual defendants are former common directors of Torchmark and Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Plaintiffs seek to recover under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO...

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