Legal Opinion
Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided January 16, 1990No. Civ. 89-0264 PPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
GENE CARTER, Chief Judge.
This action arises out of Georgia-Pacific’s attempt to take over the Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation by a cash tender offer commenced on October 31, 1989. In its complaint Georgia-Pacific seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against certain impediments to Georgia-Pacific’s offer, which has been twice rejected by Great Northern’s Board of Directors. These allegedly unlawful impediments include Great Northern’s “poison pill” stock purchase rights plan. Before the Court now is…
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