ANACONDA CO. v. CRANE CO.

Nos. 75 Civ. 4400 IBW and 75 Civ. 4535 RO.

411 F.Supp. 1210 (1975)

The ANACONDA COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. CRANE CO., Defendant. CRANE CO., Plaintiff, v. The ANACONDA COMPANY, Defendant.

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

November 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for The Anaconda Co.; Edward C. McLean, Jr., Terry Thompson, William P. Frank, Christopher Gallagher, Jonathan J. Lerner, Mitchell M. Gitin, New York City, of counsel.

Lord, Day & Lord, New York City, for Crane Co.; John W. Castles 3rd, John J. Loflin, Paul R. Hundt, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION AND ORDER

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge.

The captioned matters, hereby formally consolidated for all purposes, arise out of an offer by the Crane Co. (hereinafter "Crane") to exchange certain subordinated debentures to be issued by it for five million common shares of The Anaconda Company (hereinafter "Anaconda"). By such a transaction Crane would gain 22.6 per cent of the ownership of Anaconda, a somewhat dominant position since presently the...

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