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Hall v. Corporation

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Feb 3, 1972
453 F.2d 1375 (2d Cir. 1972)

Summary

denying access to all material when plaintiff brought shareholder derivative suit based on confidential information learned while working for law firm that represented the defendant

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Opinion

No. 424, Docket 71-1805.

Argued January 27, 1972.

Decided February 3, 1972.

Henry St. J. Fitzgerald, Arlington, Va. (Tolbert, Lewis Fitzgerald, Arlington, Va., and B. Vandenburg Hall, pro se, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Marvin Schwartz, New York City (Mark I. Fishman, and Sullivan Cromwell, New York City, of counsel), and Boris Kostelanetz, New York City, (Arthur Brooks and Kostelanetz Ritholz, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; Charles M. Metzner, Judge.

Before FRIENDLY, Chief Judge, and ANDERSON and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges.


The order is affirmed for the reasons stated in the opinion of Judge Metzner reported at 330 F.Supp. 1352 (1971). The Clerk is directed to destroy all copies of the briefs except one, which he shall seal. He is also directed to seal all copies of the appendix pending possible transmission to the Clerk of the Supreme Court if appellant should petition for certiorari. If appellant should not so petition, the Clerk shall destroy all copies except one, which he shall seal.


Summaries of

Hall v. Corporation

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Feb 3, 1972
453 F.2d 1375 (2d Cir. 1972)

denying access to all material when plaintiff brought shareholder derivative suit based on confidential information learned while working for law firm that represented the defendant

Summary of this case from In re George

dismissing complaint in a derivative action brought by a lawyer against a former client on the basis of confidential information obtained while representing that client, and disqualifying lawyer

Summary of this case from United States v. Quest Diagnostics Inc.
Case details for

Hall v. Corporation

Case Details

Full title:B. VANDENBURG HALL, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. A. CORPORATION ET AL.…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Date published: Feb 3, 1972

Citations

453 F.2d 1375 (2d Cir. 1972)

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