GRAY v. ZONDERVAN CORP.

No. G87-818 CA1 (Related Nos. G86-928 CA and G86-762 CA).

712 F.Supp. 1275 (1988)

John GRAY, Plaintiff, v. The ZONDERVAN CORPORATION, Nominal Defendant, James G. Buick, Gordon H. Buter, Max D. Du Pree, William J. Gaither, Jay Van Daalen, Gordon J. Van Wylen, Keith C. Vander Hyde, Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Inc., and TZC Acquisition, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.

Edited Version Released for Publishing May 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pinsky Smith Fayette Soet & Hulswit, H. Rhett Pinsky, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiff; Robert A. Holstein, Jewel N. Klein, Holstein, Mack & Dupree, Frederic F. Brace, Jr., Law Offices of Frederic F. Brace, Jr., Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

J.A. Cragwall, Jr., Warner Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Zondervan Corp., James G. Buick, Gordon H. Buter, Max O. DePree, Jay Van Daalen, Gordon J. Van Wylen and Keith C. Vander Hyde.

Robert A. Buchanan, Law Weathers & Richardson, Grand Rapids, Mich., for TZC Acquisition, Inc.

Neal M. Goldman, Squadron Ellenoff Plesent & Lehrer, New York City, for defendants.


OPINION

HILLMAN, Chief Judge.

Introduction

This case involves the sale of Zondervan Corporation, a publisher of evangelical Christian materials, to Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. The plaintiff, John Gray, has been a shareholder of Zondervan since 1983. At the time of the filing of this action, Mr. Gray owned more than 60,000 shares of Zondervan stock. Zondervan is a Michigan corporation publicly traded on the over-the-counter market....

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