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SCHREIBER v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

No. 83-1504.

731 F.2d 163 (1984)

Barbara SCHREIBER, Appellant, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., R-H Holdings Corporation and The El Paso Company, Travis Hubert Petty, William V. Holik, Jr., M.R. Engler, Jr., W.C. Henderson, R.S. Morris, M.A. Ehrlich, A.M. Derrick, Richard L. McConn, D.J. MacIver, Jr. and L.M. Varen Kamp, Howard Boyd, Williard F. Rockwell, Jr., W.D. Noel, L. Emory Katzenbach, Ben F. Love, Kenneth Rush, J.R. Hubbard.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson, Whittington & Aulgur, Thomas D. Whittington, Jr., Judith N. Renzulli, Wilmington, Del., for appellant; Irving Bizar (argued), Judith Rinearson, Pincus, Ohrenstein & Bizar, New York City, of counsel.

Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, Lawrence A. Hamermesh, Wilmington, Del., for Burlington Northern Inc. and R-H Holdings Corp.; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Marc P. Cherno (argued), Stephen D. Alexander, Stuart A. Blander, New York City, of counsel.

Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Robert K. Payson (argued), Wilmington, Del., Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, for The El Paso Co. and The El Paso Directors; Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander, New York City, of counsel.

Before ADAMS, SLOVITER, Circuit Judges, and TEITELBAUM, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

Barbara Schreiber, a shareholder of El Paso Gas Company (El Paso), brought this action under § 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78n(e) (1976) (the Williams Act) after she lost the opportunity to profit from a hostile tender offer by Burlington Northern, Inc. (Burlington)1 when the offer was rescinded and a friendly but less lucrative offer was substituted...

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