Legal Opinion
Hyde Park Partners, L.P. v. Connolly
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 4, 1988No. Nos. 88-1001, 88-1002PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns the constitutionality of section 3 of the Massachusetts TakeOver Bid Regulation Act, Mass.Gen.L. ch. HOC (1986), and the efforts of plaintiffs-ap-pellees Hyde Park Partners, L.P. and Hyde Park Holdings, Inc. (collectively “Hyde Park”) to gain control of defendant-appellant High Voltage Engineering Corporation (“High Voltage”).
Section 3 of the statute provides that prospective takeover bid “offerors” who fail to disclose their intent to gain control of the target company before acquiring five percent of its stock may not make a takeover bid for that…
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