Legal Opinion
Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union v. J. P. Stevens & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 23, 1980No. Nos. 580, 595, Dockets 79-7595, 79-7631PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
During the course of its protracted struggle with J. P. Stevens & Co., the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union brought two somewhat novel lawsuits in the District Court for the Southern District of New York. The first alleged violation of the antitrust and civil rights laws. The second, brought by the Union as a shareholder of the Company, alleged unlawful proxy solicitation in violation of Rule 14a-9, 17 C.F.R. § 240.14a-9 (1979). Both suits were dismissed for failure to state a claim on which relief could be granted, the antitrust suit by Judge Charles S. Haight, Jr., D. C., 475…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- United States v. FruehaufSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union v. J. P. Stevens & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union v. J. P. Stevens & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1979
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