Legal Opinion
Avnet, Inc. v. Scope Industries
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 25, 1980No. 80 Civ. 4513PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
I. The Facts
On October 15, 1979, after acquiring 5.4% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Avnet, Inc., Scope Industries filed a Schedule 13D with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 78m(d), and SEC Regulation 13D, 17 C.F.R. § 240.13d-l et seq., which require the disclosure of specified information by an owner of at least 5% of a class of a corporation’s outstanding stock. Scope amended its Schedule 13D on June 2, 1980 to reflect that it had increased its Avnet…
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