Legal Opinion
Allegheny Energy, Inc. v. Dqe, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 11, 1999No. 98-3586PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POLLAK, District Judge.
This is a diversity case in which an interlocutory appeal has been taken from the denial of a preliminary injunction. The appeal presents a question of Pennsylvania law. The question is whether, on the particular facts of this case, the loss by one publicly traded corporation of a contractual opportunity to acquire another publicly traded corporation through a corporate merger constitutes irreparable harm. In concluding that the plaintiff— the would-be acquiring corporation — was not entitled to a preliminary injunction compelling specific…
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