Legal Opinion
Radol v. Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1985No. 83-3598PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
This class action suit arises out of the fall, 1981 contest for control of Marathon Oil Company which ended in a two-stage merger of Marathon into United States Steel (Steel), one of the largest mergers in United States history. The first stage involved a tender offer by Steel for 51 per cent of Marathon’s outstanding shares at $125 per share. The second stage was a “freezeout merger” — a merger in which the majority buys out the minority shareholders — with Marathon merged into Steel as a wholly onwed subsidiary, and remaining Marathon shareholders receiving bonds…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Ruth Panter v. Marshall Field & Co., Richard Weiss v. Marshall Field & Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,357 Marbury Management, Inc., and Harry Bader, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees v. Alfred Kohn, and Wood, Walker & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- Walter T. Walker, III v. Action Industries, Inc. Amos Comay Sholom D. Comay Ernest S. BerezCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
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