KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT CO. v. MANSON

Nos. 98-2936, 98-3043.

171 F.3d 580 (1999)

KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jack R. MANSON, Intervenor Defendant-Appellee, Western Resources, Inc.; Robert L. Rives, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Waldeck, Kansas City, MO, argued (William L. DeBauche and Angela K. Green, Kansas City, MO, and Stephen Lowey, Richard Bemporad and David C. Harrison, White Plains, NY, on the brief), for Mason.

David F. Oliver, Kansas City, MO, argued (Daniel R. Young and Terrence J. Thum, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for Kansas City Power & Light Company.

Before: RICHARD S. ARNOLD and HANSEN, Circuit Judges, and STROM, District Judge.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

These appeals (an appeal and a cross-appeal) come from an order of the District Court2 in a corporate-takeover case. For a description of the underlying litigation, which involved a question of Missouri corporation law, see Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. Western Resources, Inc., 939 F.Supp. 688 (W.D.Mo.1996). The District Court awarded approximately $520...

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