Legal Opinion
Joel Gerber, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Computer Associates International, Inc. And Lwb Merge, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 4, 2002No. Docket 00-9557PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns a transaction in which defendant Computer Associates International, Inc. (“CA”), a computer software company, acquired On-Line Software International, Inc. (“On-Line”), another computer software company, by means of a tender offer and follow-up merger. Plaintiff Joel Gerber, an On Line shareholder, commenced a class action in 1991 on behalf of On-Line shareholders who tendered their stock in CA’s tender offer. Gerber alleged that, in acquiring On-Line, CA paid more money per share to Jack Berdy, On-Line’s chairman and chief executive…
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