Legal Opinion
In Re Commonwealth Oil/Tesoro Petroleum Corp. Securities Litigation
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided January 25, 1979No. M.D.L. 347PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
Table of Contents
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I. NATURE OF THE LITIGATION 233
II. BOUCHARD 235
A. Facts 235
1. Parties 235
2. Motions 236
B. Discussion 236
1. The Federal Claims 237
a. Section 14(a) Claims 237
b. The 10b-5 Claims 238
c. The Section 14(e) Claims 240(i) The Tender Offer Letters 240(ii) The Joint Press Release and Amended Tender Offer 243
2. Summary of Federal Claims 247
3. State Law Claims 247
C. Summary 249
III. JAROSLAWICZ AND LEWIS 249
A. Pertinent Facts 249
B. Rule 9(b): Its Requirements and Purposes 250
1. Count I 251
a. The Role of the Defendants…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ernst & Ernst v. HochfelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug StoresSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Byrd v. FaberOhio Supreme Court · 1991
- Arnold B. ELKIND, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. LIGGETT & MYERS, INC., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- David Farlow v. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Kensington HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
- Gearhart Industries, Inc. v. Smith International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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