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Martin Marietta Corp. v. Feder

U.S.
Jan 19, 1970
396 U.S. 1036 (1970)

Summary

holding company to have deputized its CEO to serve on board of issuer, and therefore to be liable for short-swing profits, where CEO's membership on issuer's board was approved by CEO's company

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Opinion

No. 125.

January 19, 1970, OCTOBER TERM, 1969.


C.A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. Samuel E. Gates, Cecil Wray, Jr., and Clark C. Vogel for petitioner. Mordecai Rosenfeld for Feder and Charles Pickett and Edward C. McLean, Jr., for Sperry Rand Corp., respondents. Solicitor General Griswold, Lawrence G. Wallace, Philip A. Loomis, Jr., David Ferber, and Paul Gonson filed a memorandum for the United States, by invitation of the Court, ante, p. 808, in opposition. Reported below: 406 F. 2d 260.


Summaries of

Martin Marietta Corp. v. Feder

U.S.
Jan 19, 1970
396 U.S. 1036 (1970)

holding company to have deputized its CEO to serve on board of issuer, and therefore to be liable for short-swing profits, where CEO's membership on issuer's board was approved by CEO's company

Summary of this case from Segen v. CDR-Cookie Acquisitions, L.L.C.
Case details for

Martin Marietta Corp. v. Feder

Case Details

Full title:MARTIN MARIETTA CORP. v. FEDER ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Jan 19, 1970

Citations

396 U.S. 1036 (1970)

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