Court of Appeals for the First Circuit March 22, 2006, 05-2029, 05-2030 (In Re Blinds to Go Share Purchase Litigation)

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This case poses a puzzling question about when an affiliate is not an affiliate.

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William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act II, sc. ii (1595) (“What’s in a name? [TJhat which we call a rose [b]y any other name would smell as sweet[.]”). The district court agreed with Blinds to Go, Inc. (BTG) and its shareholders that Harvard Private Capital Holdings, Inc.