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BERMAN v. GERBER PRODUCTS CO.

Civ. A. Nos. G77-402, G77-404, G77-440 and G77-489.

454 F.Supp. 1310 (1978)

Larry BERMAN, Plaintiff, v. GERBER PRODUCTS COMPANY, George M. Burditt, Dena C. Cedarquist, Harrington M. Cummings, J. Russell Fowler, Arthur J. Frens, Daniel F. Gerber, Floyd N. Head, Richard L. McAuliffe, William L. McKinley, Carl G. Smith, Gloria S. Spitz, John C. Suerth, Raymond A. Weigel and Charles F. Whitten, Defendants. Mary Oliver SHANNON, Plaintiff, v. George M. BURDITT et al., Defendants. Joan WEISBERG, Plaintiff, v. George M. BURDITT et al., Defendants. LULLABY INFANT'S WEAR COMPANY, INC., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. GERBER PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, Southern Div.

July 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rabin & Silverman by I. Stephen Rabin, New York City, De Groot, Kalliel, Triant & Conklin by A. Ray Kalliel, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Larry Berman.

Hillman, Baxter & Hammond, Douglas W. Hillman, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Mary Oliver Shannon; Pomerantz, Levy, Haudek & Block, New York City, of counsel.

Murphy, Burns & McInerney by Gerald F. Burns, Grand Rapids, Mich., William I. Weisberg, New York City, for Joan Weisberg.

Kass, Goodkind, Wechsler & Gerstein by Stuart D. Wechsler, New York City, Shatzkin, Cooper, Labaton, Rudoff & Bandler, Edward Labaton, New York City, for Lullaby Infant's Wear Co., Inc.

Warner, Norcross & Judd by William K. Holmes, Peter L. Gustafson, John D. Tully, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Gerber Products Co.

Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan, Grant J. Gruel, Grand Rapids, Mich., for all defendants except Gerber Products Co.

OPINION

FOX, Chief Judge.

These actions arise as a result of Gerber Products Company's opposition to a proposed cash tender offer by Anderson, Clayton & Co. Plaintiffs here are stockholders of Gerber. They allege that Gerber's efforts to halt the tender offer violated section 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78n(e), (the '34 Act) as well as common law principles of fiduciary duty and various state statutes. They seek damages...

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