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Bulldog Investors General Partnership v. Donoghue

Petition for certiorari denied on May 20, 2013

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
12-818 2d Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2012

Issue: (1) Whether the Second Circuit erred by holding that respondents had Article III, " 2 standing to prosecute this action in federal court under " 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78p(b), in the absence of any allegation that petitioner"s statutory violation injured any respondent; and (2) whether the Second Circuit erred by holding that " 16(b) creates a "fiduciary duty," (found nowhere in the statute) which is owed by every 10% stockholder of a public company and whose breach is always an "injury-in-fact" to the company.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/02/2013Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2013)
01/22/2013Waiver of right of respondent Deborah Donoghue to respond filed.
02/20/2013DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 15, 2013.
03/15/2013Response Requested . (Due April 15, 2013)
04/15/2013Brief of respondent Deborah Donoghue in opposition filed.
04/29/2013Reply of petitioner Bulldog Investors General Partnership filed. (Distributed)
04/30/2013DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 16, 2013.
05/20/2013Petition DENIED.