LOWENSCHUSS v. KANE

No. 73 Civ. 2021.

367 F.Supp. 911 (1973)

Fred LOWENSCHUSS, Trustee for Fred Lowenschuss Associates Pension Plan, Individually and on behalf of all other persons and shareholders of Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. who are similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. W. J. KANE, et al., Defendants.

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

July 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Lowenschuss Associates, Philadelphia, Pa., Abraham E. Freedman, New York City, for plaintiff by Fred Lowenschuss, Philadelphia, Pa., Charles Sovel, New York City, of counsel.

Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher, New York City, for defendants W. J. Kane, H. J. Berry, R. M. Brown, Jr., W. Corbus, D. K. David, H. C. Gillespie, J. S. Kroh, E. A. LePage, R. F. Longacre, M. D. Potts, J. M. Schiff, P. A. Smith, H. Taylor, Jr., E. J. Toner, W. I. Walsh, N. F. Whittaker and J. A. Zeigler by William F. Sondericker, Joseph M. Burke, New York City, of counsel.

Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. by Raymond L. Falls, Jr., Allen S. Joslyn, Miles M. Tepper, New York City, of counsel.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. and C. G. Bluhdorn by John A. Guzzetta, New York City, of counsel.

Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, for Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. by William E. Willis, Mark I. Fishman, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge.

All parties have moved for summary judgment in this matter, which was transferred here from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The genesis of this action is found in the tender offer of Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. (hereinafter "G & W"), for a portion of the stock of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. (hereinafter "A & P"). That tender offer was never consummated because of an order...

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