Legal Opinion
Smachlo v. Birkelo
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided December 27, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-233-JLLPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.
It was approximately one year ago that Burlington Northern, Inc. (“Burlington”), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Seattle, Washington, made a successful tender offer for 21 million shares of the El Paso Company (“El Paso”), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Houston, Texas. One result of this tender offer has been a flood of litigation in the Delaware state and federal courts challenging the propriety of the activity involved in that tender offer. In the Delaware Chancery Court, a number of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Doctor v. HarringtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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