Legal Opinion
E. H. Land, Jr. And Peggy F. Land v. Roper Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1976No. 74--1700PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
The appellant corporation appeals from a judgment which was entered by the United States District Court for the District of Kansas following a jury verdict in favor of the appellees. The jurisdiction of the court is based on diversity of citizenship.
The action grew out of a merger of Land Manufacturing, Inc. with Roper Corporation, Inc. Land was a relatively small local manufacturing company which was virtually wholly-owned by the appellees. * Roper was a large company (its stock was listed on the New York Exchange), which sought the merger in order to diversify its…
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