Legal Opinion
Amelia Roosevelt v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 25, 1992No. 91-5087PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge.
Amelia Roosevelt appeals the district court’s judgment that E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. (“Du Pont”) could omit her shareholder proposal from its proxy materials for the 1992 annual meeting. The district court concluded that Roosevelt’s proposal “deals with a matter relating to the conduct of [Du Pont’s] ordinary business operations,” and is therefore excludable under Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Rule 14a-8(c)(7), 17 C.F.R. § 240.-14a-8(c)(7). We affirm the district court’s…
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