Legal Opinion
W. R. Grace & Co. v. Hargadine
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1968No. Nos. 17518, 17519 and 17520PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Edwards, Circuit Judge.
These appeals record the bitter struggle which ensued when one industrial giant (W. R. Grace & Co.) sought first to merge with and then to purchase all the assets of another company (DuBois Chemicals, Inc.). The merger was defeated by the fact that two-thirds of DuBois’ stockholders failed to approve it. The purchase was finally accomplished with the approval of a majority of the stockholders of DuBois.
But the purchase of all assets of DuBois for approximately $76,000,000 was completed over the bitter opposition of the Executive Vice President and General Manager of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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