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RADOL v. THOMAS

No. 83-3598.

772 F.2d 244 (1985)

Irving and Charlotte RADOL, A. James Ibold, Dwight C. Baum, the Crossett Charitable Foundation, Reuben B. Fishbein, Trustee for Teri Fishbein Hecht, Beneficiary, and Robert C. Utley, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. W. Bruce THOMAS, William R. Roesch, David M. Roderick, United States Steel Corporation, USS Inc., USS Holdings Company, USS Merger Sub, Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Marathon Oil Company, Harold D. Hoopman, Charles H. Barre, Elmer H. Graham, W.E. Swales, Jack H. Herring, Victor G. Beghini, Neil A. Armstrong, James A.D. Geier, J.C. Haley, J.N. Land, Jr., Raymond C. Tower, Robert G. Wingerter, and the First Boston Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob K. Stein [Lead Counsel], Paxton & Seasongood, Cincinnati, Ohio, Melvyn I. Weiss, argued, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad & Specthrie, New York City, Stanley R. Wolfe, Berger & Montague, P.C., Stewart Savett, Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Murray Monroe, Cincinnati, Ohio, John L. Strauch [Marathon Oil], argued, Robert R. Weller, John M. Newman, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, Richard S. Walinski, Toledo, Ohio, John W. Beatty, Cincinnati, Ohio, Richard J. Holwell [Lead Counsel], argued, Richard Reinthaler, New York City, William D. Ginn, Cleveland, Ohio, Henry T. Reath, Thomas Preston, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., David C. Greer, Dayton, Ohio, Michael P. Graney, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, Columbus, Ohio, James T. Griffin, Michael P. Mullen, William J. Raleigh, Chicago, Ill., Ronald S. Rolfe, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, N.Y., for defendants-appellees.

Before MERRITT and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges; and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This class action suit arises out of the fall, 1981 contest for control of Marathon Oil Company which ended in a two-stage merger of Marathon into United States Steel (Steel), one of the largest mergers in United States history. The first stage involved a tender offer by Steel for 51 per cent of Marathon's outstanding shares at $125 per share. The second stage was a "freezeout merger" — a merger in which the majority buys out the minority...

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