PLESSEY CO. PLC v. GENERAL ELEC. CO. PLC

Civ. A. No. 85-761 LON.

628 F.Supp. 477 (1986)

The PLESSEY COMPANY PLC, a British corporation, Plaintiff, v. The GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY PLC, a British corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

January 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Quillen (argued), John E. James, and Donald J. Wolfe, Jr., of Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del. (Seth H. Dubin, and Geoffrey H. Ward, of Satterlee & Stephens, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

R. Franklin Balotti (argued), and Gregory P. Williams, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del. (John R. Hupper (argued), and Rory O. Millson, of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, of counsel), for defendant.


OPINION

LONGOBARDI, District Judge.

The General Electric Company plc1 ("GEC") has made a tender offer in England for the stock of The Plessey Company plc ("Plessey"). Both companies are organized and doing business under the laws of Great Britain. The parties are before the Court upon Plessey's motion for a preliminary injunction and GEC's motion to dismiss.

THE PARTIES

Plaintiff Plessey is one of the leading...

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