Legal Opinion
West Point-Pepperell, Inc. v. J.P. Stevens & Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided April 8, 1988No. Civ. A. 9634, 9763PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALLEN, Chancellor.
West Point-Pepperell, Inc. (“West Point”) is currently contesting with affiliates of Odyssey Partners, a New York partnership, for control of J.P. Stevens & Co., Inc. (“Stevens”), a Delaware corporation engaged principally in the production and marketing of textile products of various kinds. Both West Point and Odyssey have tender offers currently outstanding to the shareholders of Stevens. Odyssey’s offer, which is made through its affiliates JPS Acquisitions Corp. and JPS Holding Corp. (who together with Odyssey Partners are referred to here simply as “Odyssey”), is…
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