Legal Opinion
Northwest Industries, Inc. v. BF Goodrich Company
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided June 2, 1969No. 46PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HERRMANN, Justice (for the majority of the Court):
This opinion reports the ruling we made in this case immediately after oral argument because of the exigency of time.
The determinative issue raised on this appeal was the adequacy of the demand by The B. F. Goodrich Company, as a stockholder of Northwest Industries, Inc., for inspection of the list of the stockholders of Northwest.
Northwest had made a share-exchange offer to the stockholders of Goodrich. Goodrich acquired its only shares of the stock of Northwest on or about January 30, 1969. On February 3, 1969, Goodrich made written demand…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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