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CITIES SERVICE CO. v. MESA PETROLEUM CO.

Civ. A. No. 82-327.

541 F.Supp. 1220 (1982)

CITIES SERVICE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Cities Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation, and Charles J. Waidelich, Plaintiffs, v. MESA PETROLEUM CO., a Delaware corporation, and T. Boone Pickens, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

June 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin P. Tully, A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, Kenneth J. Nachbar, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Charles F. Richards, Jr., R. Franklin Balotti, Allen M. Terrell, Jr., Jesse A. Finkelstein, Richards, Layton & Finger, and Robert K. Payson, Gregory A. Inskip, John E. James, Potter, Anderson & Corroon and Rodman Ward, Jr., Edward P. Welch, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, Del., for defendant Mesa Petroleum Co.

OPINION

STAPLETON, District Judge:

Each of the two principals in this Williams Act case seeks to acquire control of the other through a tender offer and to fend off the hostile tender for its own stock. The principal plaintiff is Cities Service Company, a Delaware corporation, which, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Cities Acquisition Company, is referred to herein as "Cities". The principal defendant...

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