Legal Opinion
Spivak v. Petro-Lewis Corp.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided December 28, 1987No. Civ. A. Nos. 86-C-2215, 86-C-1605PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CARRIGAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Kenin M. Spivak and Byron Goldman, former shareholders of defendant Petro-Lewis Company (“PLC”) claim that they were forced to surrender their shares for inadequate consideration after the defendants effected a merger of PLC into defendant FPCO, Inc. (“FPCO”). FPCO, a subsidiary of defendant Freeport *694McMoran, was formed to acquire PLC and American Royalty Trust (“ART”). Plaintiffs filed this action on their behalf and as a class action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23 on behalf of all holders of common shares of PLC who were allegedly deprived of their…
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