PLAZA SECURITIES CO. v. FRUEHAUF CORP.

Civ. Nos. 86-71332, 86-71483 and 86-72915.

643 F.Supp. 1535 (1986)

PLAZA SECURITIES COMPANY, a New York limited partnership, Asher Edelman, an individual, FH Acquisition Corporation, a Michigan corporation, FH Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and FH Management Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiffs, v. FRUEHAUF CORPORATION, a Michigan Corporation, Jack Breslin, an individual, Donald Chamberlin, an individual, Frank Coyer, Jr., an individual, John Grace, an individual, Russell Howell, an individual, John McCabe, an individual, Thomas Reghanti, an individual, Dean Richardson, an individual, Robert Rowan, an individual, Francis Sehn, an individual, James Wilkerson, an individual, T. Neal Combs, an individual, Leon Alexander, an individual, Robert Siefert, an individual, Defendants. FRUEHAUF CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation, Plaintiff, v. Asher EDELMAN, an individual, Arbitrage Securities Company, a New York limited partnership, Plaza Securities Company, a New York limited partnership, Mountain Associates, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Canal-Randolph Limited Partnership, a Maryland limited partnership, United Stockyards Corporation Retirement Plan, a New York trust, Datapoint Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Datapoint Corporation Retirement Income Plan, a Texas trust, Intelogic Trace, Inc. Retirement Income Plan, a New York trust, Stevenson Capital Management Corporation, a New York corporation, HRA & Company, a New York corporation, Raymond French, an individual, Daniel Kail, an individual, Lief D. Rosenblatt, an individual, Gabriel Nechamkin, an individual, Emanuel Perlman, an individual, Charles P. Stevenson, Jr., an individual, and John Does 1 through 25, Defendants. William STEINER, Moise Katz, Harry Lewis, Cubit Corporation, and John P. Green, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. FRUEHAUF CORPORATION, R.D. Rowan, F.P. Coyer, Jr., D.F. Chamberlin, J.P. Grace, T.J. Reghanti, J.S. Wilkerson, D.E. Richardson, J.C. McCabe, F.J. Sehn, Jack Breslin, Russell Howell, Neal Combs, Leon Alexander, Robert G. Siefert, Merrill Lynch & Company and LMC Holdings, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

September 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory L. Curtner, Carl H. von Ende, David D. Joswick and Kevin J. Lesinski of Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, Mich., Arthur L. Liman, Martin Flumenbaum, Jeh C. Johnson, Philip R. White of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for Plaza Securities Co., et al.

William M. Saxton, Justin G. Klimko, Michael J. Lavoie, David H. Oermann of Butzel Long Gust Klein & Van Zile, Detroit, Mich., Kenneth M. Kramer, Robert J. Hausen of Shearman & Sterling, New York City, for Fruehauf Corp., et al.

Carl H. von Ende, David D. Joswick, Gregory L. Curtner of Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, Mich., Arthur L. Liman, Martin Flumenbaum of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendants Charles P. Stevenson, Jr. and Stevenson Capital Management Corp.; Michael G. Tannenbaum of Newman, Tannenbaum, Helpern, Syracuse & Hirschtritt, New York City, of counsel.

Robert M. Kornreich of Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones, New York City, for Steiner, et al.

William M. Saxton, Justin G. Klimko, Michael J. Lavoie, David H. Oermann of Butzel Long Gust Klein & Van Zile, Detroit, Mich., Kenneth M. Kramer, Robert J. Hausen of Shearman & Sterling, William Norfolk William Farris of Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, for defendant Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ANNA DIGGS TAYLOR, District Judge.

These three cases, presented for preliminary injunctive relief, all arise from a contest for control of the Fruehauf Corporation (Fruehauf), a Michigan corporation engaged primarily in the manufacture, sale and leasing of transportation equipment, particularly auto parts, truck trailers and trucking equipment. This court has subject matter jurisdiction over the actions pursuant to Section 27...

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