AMALGAMATED CLOTHING AND TEXTILE WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO, et al. and Seafarers International Union, AFL-CIO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
J. P. STEVENS & CO., INC. et al., Defendants-Appellees.
AMALGAMATED CLOTHING AND TEXTILE WORKERS UNION, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
J. P. STEVENS & CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 2, 1980.
Decided December 23, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Alan G. Blumberg, New York City (Irving J. Alter, Richard G. Liskov, Szold, Brandwen, Meyers & Altman, and Arthur M. Goldberg, Gen. Counsel, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union in No. 79-7631.
Joel I. Klein, Washington, D. C. (Harry Huge, David R. Boyd, H. Bartow Farr III, Rogovin, Stern & Huge, Washington, D. C., Irving J. Alter, Alan Blumberg, Richard G. Liskov, and Szold, Brandwen, Meyers & Altman, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union in No. 7595.
David I. Jaffe and Schulman & Abarbanel, New York City, on the brief for plaintiff-appellant Seafarers International Union in No. 79-7595.
Jay Topkis, New York City (Susan P. Carr, Jamie B. W. Stecher, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.
Ralph C. Ferrara, Gen. Counsel, Jacob H. Stillman, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Linda W. Otto, Sp. Counsel, and Richard A. Kirby, Washington, D. C., submitted a brief for the Securities and Exchange Commission as amicus curiae in No. 79-7595.
Before VAN GRAAFEILAND and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges, and GOETTEL, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
PER CURIAM:
During the course of its protracted struggle with J. P. Stevens & Co., the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union brought two somewhat novel lawsuits in the District Court for the Southern District of New York. The first alleged violation of the antitrust and civil rights laws. The second, brought by the Union as a shareholder of the Company, alleged unlawful proxy solicitation in violation of Rule 14a...
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