TELVEST v. BRADSHAW

No. 82-1882.

697 F.2d 576 (1983)

TELVEST, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Appellee, v. Junie L. BRADSHAW, Thomas P. Harwood, Preston C. Shannon, Commissioners of the Virginia State Corporation Commission; Lewis W. Brothers, Jr., Director, Division of Securities and Retail Franchising; American Furniture Company, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Farnham, Richmond, Va. (Robert P. Buford, K. Dennis Sisk, Hunton & Williams, Joel H. Peck, Donald G. Owens, Associate Gen. Counsel, State Corp. Com'n, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellants.

F. Claiborne Johnston, Jr., Richmond, Va. (Anthony F. Troy, M. Scott Hart, Mays, Valentine, Davenport & Moore, Richmond, Va., Nathan H. Dardick, Dardick & Hadwin, Chicago, Ill., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

American Furniture Company, Incorporated (American), the apparent target of a so-called "creeping tender offer"1 which was initiated by open market purchases, and Junie L. Bradshaw, et al., the officials who enforce Virginia's Take-Over-Bid Disclosure Act, appeal from a declaratory decree adjudging Virginia's Take-Over Bid Disclosure Act, Va.Code § 13.1-529(b)(iii), unconstitutional and permanently...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases