WASHINGTON STEEL CORP. v. TW CORP.

No. 79-1217.

602 F.2d 594 (1979)

WASHINGTON STEEL CORPORATION, a corporation v. TW CORPORATION, Talley Industries, Inc., B. Paul Barnes, William H. Mallender, Roger S. Carlson, Donald L. Corey, Joseph D. DiSesa, Gerard G. Ellis, Townsend Hoopes, John D. MacNaughton, Emiel T. Nielsen, Jr., Thomas F. Reddy, Jr., Ralph A. Rockow, Fred G. Schuller, Wesley A. Stanger, Jr., John W. Stodder, Marvin A. Pohlman, M. Kimelman & Co., Robert Euler, Michael Kimelman, Joseph E. Giattino, Sheila M. Baird, Oscar Kimelman, and Chemical Bank Chemical Bank, and TW Corporation and Talley Industries, Inc., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Tomlinson Fort (Argued) Charles C. Cohen, Roger C. Wiegand, Kevin P. Lucas, Thomas P. Lawton, III, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Washington Steel Corp.; Robert E. Grote, III, Secretary, Washington Steel Corp., of counsel.

Ralph F. Scalera, Joseph D. Shuman, David S. Watson, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants TW Corp. and Talley Industries, Inc.; Peter D. McKenna, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, of counsel.

Harold R. Schmidt (Argued) Karl Alexander, Rose, Schmidt, Dixon, Hasley, Whyte & Hardesty, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant Chemical Bank; Ralph L. McAfee, Richard S. Simmons, Gregory A. Markel, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, of counsel.

Before GIBBONS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges, and MEANOR, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal we consider the limits, if any, imposed by law on a commercial bank which wishes to advance funds to one client in order to facilitate that client's takeover of another of the bank's clients. The appeal is taken from a preliminary injunction prohibiting appellant Chemical Bank (Chemical) from participating in a loan to Talley Industries, Inc., and TW Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiary, (Talley...

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