GENERAL HOST CORPORATION v. TRIUMPH AMERICAN, INC.

No. 73 Civ. 1144.

359 F.Supp. 749 (1973)

GENERAL HOST CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. TRIUMPH AMERICAN, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

As Amended April 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin E. McAmis, Daniel J. Sullivan, Martin S. Kaufman, Lovejoy, Wasson, Lundgren & Ashton, New York City, Robert W. Sweet, Barry H. Garfinkel, Henry P. Wasserstein, Thomas J. Schwarz, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for plaintiff.

Donald I. Strauber, Yvette Harmon, Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, New York City, for defendants Triumph American, Inc., Triumph Investment Trust, Ltd., G. Thomas Whyte, Leonard J. Richenberg, Philip B. Saul, Alan R. Gruber, Emmanuel Perdikis, and Justin Karp.

Peter Fleming, John Sprizzo, Peter Leisure, Robert Lipton, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, New York City, for defendant Lloyds & Bolsa International Bank, Ltd.

John R. Hupper, Robert Rosenman, Andrew Tashman, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for defendants A. Robert Towbin, C. E. Unterberg Towbin Co. and Abraham & Co., Inc.


OPINION

PIERCE, District Judge.

In an action filed in this Court on March 19, 1973, General Host Corp. (hereinafter Host) alleged various violations of federal law in connection with a cash tender offer for Host common stocks announced on March 16, 1973 by Triumph American, Inc. (hereinafter Triumph). By order to show cause dated March 19, 1973, Host sought a preliminary injunction restraining Triumph from further solicitation of Host shares, and from consummating...

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