U.S. District Court / S.D. New York

Somerville v. Major Exploration, Inc.

Decided November 17, 1983. Robert Lee Carter wrote the opinion for the court.

576 F. Supp. 902 · Cited 72 times

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United States v. Turkette · 452 U.S. 576
S-G Securities, Inc. v. Fuqua Investment Co. · 466 F. Supp. 1114
Schneider v. Sears · 265 F. Supp. 257
Gross v. Diversified Mortgage Investors · 431 F. Supp. 1080
Moss v. Morgan Stanley Inc. · 553 F. Supp. 1347
Lorber v. Beebe · 407 F. Supp. 279
Stern v. American Bankshares Corp. · 429 F. Supp. 818
Saminsky v. Occidental Petroleum Corp. · 373 F. Supp. 257
Richardson Greenshields Securities, Inc. v. Metz · 566 F. Supp. 131
Y4 Design, Ltd. v. Regensteiner Publishing Enterprises, Inc. · 428 F. Supp. 1067
Dominicus Americana Bohio v. Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. · 473 F. Supp. 680
Zatkin v. Primuth · 551 F. Supp. 39
B & B INVESTMENT CLUB v. Kleinert's, Inc. · 391 F. Supp. 720
Green v. Hamilton International Corp. · 437 F. Supp. 723
Blender v. Sibley · 396 F. Supp. 300
Kreisner v. Hilton Hotel Corp. · 468 F. Supp. 176
Fox v. Prudent Resources Trust · 382 F. Supp. 81
Marbury Management, Inc. v. Kohn · 470 F. Supp. 509
Dow Jones & Co., Inc. v. BOARD OF TRADE, ETC. · 539 F. Supp. 190
Bolton v. Tesoro Petroleum Corp. · 549 F. Supp. 1312
Darvin v. Bache Halsey Stuart Shields, Inc. · 479 F. Supp. 460
Austin v. Johns-Manville Corp. · 524 F. Supp. 1166
Bankers Trust Co. v. SANTOS O. SUAREZ V. · 526 F. Supp. 1262

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