FMC CORP. v. R. P. SCHERER CORP.

Civ. A. No. 82-461.

545 F.Supp. 318 (1982)

FMC CORPORATION and FMC Acquisition Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. R. P. SCHERER CORPORATION, Wilber H. Mack, Paul Marco, William C. Stutt, Richard A. Manoogian, James S. Ludwick, John S. Scherer, Peter R. Fink, Heinrich Koepff, Dean E. Richardson, Karla Scherer Fink and Deutsche Gelatine Fabriken Stoess & Co. G.m.b.H., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodman Ward, Jr., Carolyn Berger, Anthony W. Clark, of Skadden, Arpts, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiffs FMC Corp. and FMC Acquisition Corp.; Peggy L. Kerr, Dana H. Freyer, Jemera Rone, and Peter Zurkow, New York City, of counsel.

Jack B. Jacobs, and Josy W. Ingersoll, of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, Del., attorneys for intervening plaintiffs; Dean A. Dickie, William Gleeson, Marvin A. Tenenbaum, Fay Clayton, and Sarah R. Wolff, of Sachnoff, Weaver & Rubenstein, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Martin P. Tully, A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, and Thomas J. Allingham, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., attorneys for R. P. Scherer Corp.; Steven M. Barna, Theodore N. Mirvis, Paul K. Rowe, and Richard B. Skaff, of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, of counsel.

R. Franklin Balotti, Jesse A. Finkelstein, Samuel A. Nolen, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., for defendant Deutsche Gelatine Fabriken Stoess & Co., G.m.b.H.; Kelly R. Welsh, Lynn M. Raimondo, of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.


OPINION

MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge:

Plaintiffs, FMC Corporation and FMC Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of FMC Corporation, (jointly "FMC"), seek a preliminary injunction enjoining R. P. Scherer Corporation ("Scherer"), its officers, directors and anyone acting in concert with them or on their behalf from holding the August 9, 19821 annual shareholder meeting...

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