Legal Opinion
Gannett Co., Inc. v. Register Pub. Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided February 7, 1977No. Civ. B-74-123PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON AVAILABILITY OF RESCISSION
NEWMAN, District Judge.
On October 20, 1976, the Hartford Times ceased publication. Its obituary notice stated that the paper had been “strangled by litigation.” The controversy has not ended with its demise. The issue now pending concerns whether Gannett Co., Inc. (“Gannett”) or The Register Publishing Company (“the Register”) owns what remains of the paper. In lawyer’s language, the question is whether the Register is entitled to rescind the contract by which it agreed to purchase from Gannett more than 99% of the shares of The Hartford Times, Inc.
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