UNITRODE CORP. v. DYNAMICS CORP. OF AMERICA


379 Mass. 487 (1980)

399 N.E.2d 5

UNITRODE CORPORATION vs. DYNAMICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Hoar (Joseph L. Cotter & James B. Farmer with him) for the defendants.

Thomas R. Paxman for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


BRAUCHER, J.

Pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 3:21, 359 Mass. 790 (1971), the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has certified to us the question, "Does Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110C, the Massachusetts Take-Over Act, provide a private right of action for equitable and injunctive relief which may be invoked by a target company as defined in Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110C, § 1 for alleged violations of that Act?" We answer that question in the negative...

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