Legal Opinion
Kennecott Copper Corporation v. Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 28, 1978No. 1174, Docket 78-7187PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
Curtiss-Wright Corporation has appealed from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entered in the midst of a proxy fight between Curtiss-Wright and Kenne-cott Copper Corporation. At issue was the election of directors to the board of Kenne-cott, in which Curtiss-Wright had become a minority shareholder. The judgment, dated May 1, 1978, permanently enjoined Curtiss-Wright from further solicitation of Kenne-cott proxies and from voting the shares and proxies it then held at the May 2, 1978, annual meeting of…
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