Legal Opinion
Empire, Inc. v. Ashcroft
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided September 3, 1981No. 81-4174-CV-C-WPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SCOTT O. WRIGHT, District Judge.
Plaintiff Empire, Incorporated (“Empire”) filed this action seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction enjoining the defendants from attempting to invoke or enforce the Missouri Takeover Bid Disclosure Act (Takeover Act), Chapter 409, Sections 409.500 through 409.565, RSMo 1978, in connection with Empire’s tender offer for certain shares of common stock of Wetterau, Incorporated (“Wetterau”), and restraining defendants from commencing or maintaining, in any other court, litigation bearing on the tender offer or the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Fresh International Corp. v. Agricultural Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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