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BNS INC. v. KOPPERS CO., INC.

Civ. A. No. 88-130 MMS.

683 F.Supp. 458 (1988)

BNS INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. KOPPERS COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation, Charles F. Barber, Evelyn Berezin, Anthony J.A. Bryan, Fletcher L. Byrom, Dr. Richard M. Cyert, Edward Domley, Daniel N. Galbreath, William H. Knoell, Andrew W. Mathieseon, Charles R. Pullin, Glen C. Tenley, Dr. Romesh Wadhawani, and Charles M. Oberly, III, Attorney General of the State of Delaware, and Michael E. Harkins, Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

As Amended May 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Goldberg of Theisen, Lank, Mulford and Goldberg, P.A., E. Norman Veasey, Charles F. Richards, Jr., Allen M. Terrell, Jr., Gregory P. Williams, and Joseph J. Bodnar of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., Edwin Mishkin of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff.

Charles S. Crompton, Jr., Peter M. Sieglaff, and Gregory A. Inskip of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., for defendants Koppers Co., Inc., Charles F. Barber, Evelyn Berezin, Anthony, J.A. Bryan, Fletcher L. Byrom, Dr. Richard M. Cyert, Edward Domley, Daniel N. Galbreath, William H. Knoell, Andrew W. Mathieseon, Charles R. Pullin, Glen C. Tenley, Dr. Romesh Wadhawani.

A. Gilchrist Sparks, III of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., for defendants Charles M. Oberly, III, and Michael E. Harkins.

OPINION

MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

BNS Inc. ("BNS") brings this action against Koppers Company, Inc. ("Koppers"), the Attorney General of the State of Delaware, Charles M. Oberly, III, and the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, Michael E. Harkins, seeking an order declaring unconstitutional the newly-enacted Delaware Business Combinations statute, Del.Code Ann. tit. 8, § 203 (1988)1 (the "Delaware Act" or...

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