GILLETTE CO. v. RB PARTNERS

Civ. A. No. 88-0862-WF.

693 F.Supp. 1266 (1988)

The GILLETTE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. RB PARTNERS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

June 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh R. Whiting, Thomas F. Cullen, Jr., John Newman, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio, John D. Donovan, Jr., Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Richard F. Ziegler, Jonathan Blackman, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, Mark Michelson, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., for defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

WOLF, District Judge.

THE COURT: This case arises out of a proxy contest for the election of four directors of Gillette. Gillette prevailed in that proxy contest in April of 1988. In connection with the proxy contest, within a week before the election, each side filed charges in this Federal District Court alleging that the other had violated Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 14a-9. The case was initially assigned...

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