Legal Opinion
Tbk Partners, Ltd. v. Western Union Corporation, Frances D. Spier, Objectors-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 18, 1982No. 375, Docket 81-7523PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This is an apjjeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Milton Pollack, Judge), approving the settlement of a consolidated shareholder class and derivative action involving a dispute over a century-old lease. In 1882, the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company (“Gold & Stock”) leased its entire private telegraph business to the Western Union Telegraph Company (“Western Union”) for a period of 99 years in return for annual payments to Gold & Stock’s shareholders. Over the years, Western Union acquired 95.3% of Gold & Stock’s 50,000…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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