Word: lawsuits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...intention of letting him get out of the bind in that fashion, hoped to squeeze him even harder. Morse had no great worry that Silberstein could find a buyer for his Morse holdings, even if the court permitted him to sell, because the buyer would also be purchasing a lawsuit. But if Morse could persuade the court to make Silberstein stop buying, then the price of Morse stock might well continue to fall and drain Silberstein of cash until he is forced to settle on Morse's terms...
...going to wind up on top in this industry." Yet Sayre has no illusions about the size of the task. When a family friend was recently charged $46.50 just to install a new washer, he angrily advised her not to pay, said he would pay the costs of any lawsuit...
...brand was known on every cattle trail in the West. More important, perhaps, the land he gobbled up was always legally acquired. He had a talent for picking lawyers. The best of that fine crew was one Robert Justus Kleberg, a young attorney who beat the captain in a lawsuit, was promptly hired by King, and later married the boss' daughter...
...Circuit Court, Milwaukee County, the Catholic Cummingses said it with a $500,000 lawsuit against the Lutheran Werners. Werner and daughter Mary Louise, they said, had lured Leland away from his faith and his family; they had enticed him to Milwaukee in Werner's private plane, given him a $75-a-month allowance, promised him a $25,000-a-year job in the family ironworks. "Werner's influence," the suit contends, "destroyed the natural affection the son had for his parents" and deprived them of "their only hopes for solace, affection, companionship and comfort during their declining years...
...awaited showdown in the fight for control of Fairbanks, Morse & Co. left everyone still in suspense. In Chicago last week, the company's annual meeting was held as scheduled, but it produced no winner. Led by President Robert H. Morse Jr., F-M's management hurled a lawsuit against Financier Leopold Silberstein and his Penn-Texas Corp., alleged that Silberstein acquired thousands of F-M shares and voting rights "illegally" through Swiss banks and other mysterious sources (TIME, March 25), is not entitled to vote them. Hearing the preliminary arguments, a U.S. District Court halted further proxy solicitation...