Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 91,537 Helen H. Pavlidis v. New England Patriots Football Club, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 22, 1984No. 83-1637PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This suit arises out of a securities transaction in which William H. Sullivan, Jr., gained control of the New England Patriots Football Club (Patriots) by forming a separate corporation (New Patriots) and merging it with the old corporation. Plaintiffs are a class of stockholders who voted to accept the New Patriots’ offer of $15.00 per share for their common stock in the Patriots corporation. They now claim that they were induced' to accept this offer by a misleading proxy statement drafted under the direction of Mr. Sullivan, who owned a controlling share in the voting…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- John B. Janigan v. Frederick B. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1965
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,366 Benjamin A. Cook v. Avien, Inc., James F. Pritchard, Benjamin A. Cook v. Avien, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Gustave Gerstle, (Cross-Appellants) v. Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., (Cross-Appellee)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Basic Inc. v. LevinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Roland M. And Miriam M. v. The Concord School CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Company, Inc. v. Checkers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- General Electric Co. v. CathcartCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Coggins v. New England Patriots Football Club, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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