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UNILEVER ACQUISITION v. RICHARDSON-VICKS

No. 85 Civ. 7239 (RO).

618 F.Supp. 407 (1985)

UNILEVER ACQUISITION CORP., Plaintiff, v. RICHARDSON-VICKS, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

September 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for plaintiff; David Boies, Max Shulman, Stephen D. Poss, New York City, of counsel.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for defendants; Vaughn C. Williams, James C. Freund, Edward P. Welch, Margaret Enloe, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION AND ORDER

OWEN, District Judge.

Richardson-Vicks Inc., the makers of Vicks Vaporub and other well known products, is resisting a takeover attempt by the Unilever Acquisition Corp., a newly-formed subsidiary of Unilever United States, Inc., owners of, among others, Lever Bros., a household products company, and Thomas J. Lipton, Inc., the tea and soup manufacturer. Richardson-Vicks is a publicly-held Delaware corporation, with some one-third or more...

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