Legal Opinion
American Standard, Inc. v. Crane Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 6, 1972No. 68 Civ. 2461PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LASKER, District Judge.
In the spring of 1967 the fancy of Crane Co. (“Crane”) lit upon Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (“Air Brake”) as an attractive take-over candidate. As is often the case in corporate, as in amatory, affairs, the pursued was unwilling. Air Brake rejected its suitor and turned elsewhere for marriage and protection. American Standard, Inc. (“Standard”) found Air Brake as appealing a partner as had Crane, competed for the favored hand and won. This litigation between the rejected and favored suitors—not the first battle between them on the subject —grows out of that…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Leo Vine v. Beneficial Finance Company, Inc., and Charles H. Dowd, Stuart A. Wixson, George J. Springer, C. H. Donohue and Crown Finance Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Glona v. American Guarantee & Liability InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Reliance Electric Co. v. Emerson Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Crane Co. v. Westinghouse Air Brake Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Margot Newmark v. Rko General, Inc., and Frontier Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,924 American Standard, Inc. v. Crane Co., and Third-Party v. Edward J. Hanley, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Crane Co. v. American Standard, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Makofsky v. Ultra Dynamics CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Tyco Laboratories, Inc. v. Cutler-Hammer, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Levner v. SaudDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1994
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