Legal Opinion
Long Island Lighting Co. v. Barbash
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 13, 1985No. 658, Docket 85-7890PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
A Long Island utility furnishing that area with power has scheduled a stockholders meeting for Thursday December 12, 1985. It has been embroiled in public controversy over its construction of the Shore-ham Nuclear Power Plant and adverse publicity intensified recently because of extended loss of service to customers arising from damages to the transmission system caused by Hurricane Gloria.
In this setting, the company, believing that several groups had begun to solicit proxies during October in anticipation of the upcoming stockholders meeting, brought suit to enjoin…
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