Amelia ROOSEVELT, Appellant,
v.
E.I. DU PONT de NEMOURS & COMPANY, Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 21, 1991.
Decided March 4, 1992.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 25, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael D. Hausfeld, with whom Richard S. Lewis and Cyrus Mehri, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.
Daniel M. Gribbon, with whom Steven Semeraro, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.
James R. Doty, General Counsel, Katharine Gresham, Asst. General Counsel, with whom Michael G. Lenett, Christopher Paik, and Paul Gonson, Sol., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for amicus curiae, S.E.C.
Paul M. Neuhauser, Iowa City, Iowa, and David C. Vladeck, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for amicus curiae, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. Cornish F. Hitchcock, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for amicus curiae.
David A. Nicholas and Charles C. Caldart, Boston, Mass., were on the brief for amicus curiae, Nat. Environmental Law Center.
Beth-Ann Roth, Bethesda, Md., was on the brief for amicus curiae, Calvert Social Inv. Fund, Comptroller of the City of New York, and New York City Pension Funds.
Joel T. Thomas, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for amicus curiae, Nat. Wildlife Federation.
Before EDWARDS, RUTH BADER GINSBURG, and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 25, 1992.
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge.
Amelia Roosevelt appeals the district court's judgment that E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. ("Du Pont") could omit her shareholder proposal from its proxy materials for the 1992 annual meeting. The district court concluded that Roosevelt's proposal "deals with a matter relating to the conduct...
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