Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,083 H. K. Porter Company, Inc. v. Nicholson File Company, H. K. Porter Company, Inc. v. Nicholson File Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 30, 1973No. 73-1023, 73-1024PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
On March 7, 1972, the H. K. Porter Company (Porter) mailed tender offers to the stockholders of Nicholson File Company (Nicholson), obligating itself to buy 437,000 shares of Nicholson common stock at $42 per share by April 4, 1972, or any extension of that date. Only 132,292 shares were tendered by the actual closing date, April 14, 1972, which shares Porter bought. Porter brought this action for damages in the district court against Nicholson and its directors and officers, alleging that to defeat Porter’s request for tenders, they had issued false,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Birnbaum v. Newport Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Smith v. Van GorkomSupreme Court of Delaware · 1985
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,405 Joe L. Smallwood v. Pearl Brewing Company, Southdown, Inc., Zapata Norness, Inc., Albert J. Rangeand D. Doyle MizeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. v. Piper Aircraft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,496 Richard J. Sargent v. Genesco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,560 United States of America v. David B. CharnayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
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