Legal Opinion
Mai Basic Four, Inc., and Choice Corporation v. Prime Computer, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 29, 1989No. 89-1149, 89-1150PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This expedited appeal arises out of the efforts of a group of companies in the computer industry, MAI Basic Four, Choice Corporation, and Brooke Partners, L.P. (collectively Basic), to take over control of Prime Computer, Inc. (Prime). Although Basic filed the first complaint, attacking Massachusetts anti-takeover statutes in connection with its November 15, 1988, tender offer, the present issues flow from the district court’s action on Prime’s counterclaim. In this counterclaim Prime alleged, principally, that Basic had violated the Williams Act Amendments to the…
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