Legal Opinion
Sturgeon Petroleums, Ltd. v. Merchants Petroleum Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 21, 1983No. Civ. 66387PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GATES, J.
Sturgeons Petroleums, Ltd. (Sturgeon) and Northwestern Oil Management (Northwestern) appeal from the summary judgment entered in favor of defendants Damson Oil Corporation (Damson), Merchants Petroleum Company (Merchants), Barrie M. Damson, Roger Ball, Marvin Billet, J.R. Bozman, Irwin L. Hearsh, Alvin Meyrowitz, William W. Morris and Robert L. Sielaff. The determinative facts are not in dispute.
On August 18, 1977, Merchants and Damson jointly announced a plan whereby Merchants would be merged into Damson. The joint proxy statement issued by the two companies on December 1,…
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