Legal Opinion
Unitrin, Inc. v. American General Corp.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided January 11, 1995No. 418, 1994PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice.
This is an appeal from the Court of Chancery’s entry of a preliminary injunction on October 13, 1994, upon plaintiffs’ motions in two actions: American General Corporation’s (“American General”) suit against Unitrin, Inc. (“Unitrin”) and its directors; and a parallel class action brought by Unitrin stock- ■ holders. 1 An interlocutory appeal was certified by the Court of Chancery on October 24, 1994. This Court accepted the appeal on October 27, 1994.
American General, which had publicly announced a proposal to merge with Unitrin for $2.6 billion at $50 — % per share, and…
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