District Court, S.D. New York May 2, 2000, 00 CIV. 1115(LAK) (Hallwood Realty Partners, L.P. v. Gotham Partners, L.P.)

OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

Battles for corporate control during the 1970’s and ’80’s frequently included lawsuits by takeover targets claiming that potential aggressors had violated Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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(the “Exchange Act”) by failing ac

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curately to disclose the motives for their purchases of the targets’ shares and the membership of alleged groups of