Committee for New Management of Butler Aviation v. Widmark

NEAHER, District Judge.

This civil action for injunctive relief arises out of an ongoing proxy contest for the election of directors of defendant Butler Aviation International, Inc. (“Butler”) at the annual meeting of stockholders presently set for December 14, 1971. 1 Plaintiffs commenced the action by filing their complaint on the afternoon of November 24, 1971, and simultaneously presenting ex parte an order to show cause application to bring on an accelerated motion for a preliminary injunction. The complaint alleged that defendants were soliciting proxies for the stockholders’ meeting by…