Legal Opinion
Gould v. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided December 19, 1974No. Civ. A. 3707 and 3722PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.
On September 17, 1971, this Court held that the McLean Industries (“McLean”) proxy solicitation for shareholder approval of its merger into the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (“Reynolds”) was materially false and misleading in violation of § 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78n(a). The Court granted partial summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff class against four of the individual defendants and against Reynolds, the surviving corporation. 331 F.Supp. 981. On April 30, 1973, this Court approved a settlement agreed…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Globus v. Law Research Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Union Stock Yards Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- McKenna v. AustinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,512 Marvyn Gould, of the Estate of J. Donald Rogasner, in No. 75-1338. v. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Matter of Baldwin-United Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · 1985
- Odette v. Shearson, Hammill & Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1975
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,926 Heizer Corporation v. Jordon RossCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
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