How cited: BNS INC. v. Koppers Co., Inc. · Go Syfert

BNS INC. v. Koppers Co., Inc. (1988)

green · 28 citation events across 8 courts. Showing the 13 strongest citers on record (one row per citing case, strongest signal kept).
Treatment trajectory · 1988 → 2026 · click a year to view the case as of then
198820072026
Rule Authority · Del. Ch. · 2 citations in this opinion
BNS Inc. v. Koppers Co., 683 F.Supp. 458, 469 (D.Del.1988) (preliminarily upholding the constitutionality of § 203). 96 .
Rule Authority · E.D. Wis. · 2 citations in this opinion
The MITE plurality’s preemption analysis, as ostensibly applied by the CTS Court, was summarized in BNS Inc. v. Koppers Co., Inc., 683 F.Supp. 458, 469 (D.Del.1988): First, does the statute protect independent shareholders from coercion?
Rule Authority · Del.
See SWT Acquisition Corp. v. TW Servs., Inc., 700 F.Supp. 1323, 1329 (D.Del.1988) ("[T]he [] board is staggered [and] thereby preclud[es] [outside] control for two years.”); BNS Inc. v. Koppers Co., Inc., 683 F.Supp. 458, 470 (D.Del.1988) ("[A] staggered board delays shifts of control for two years.”). 21 .
Rule Authority · Del.
One federal court has described the judicial role in assessing defensive measures in the hostile tender offer context pursuant to Unocal as "an intricate composite of deference to the business expertise of the directors and close scrutiny of incumbent management decisions.” BNS, Inc. v. Koppers Co., 683 F.Supp. 458, 473 (D.Del.1988). 15 .
Rule Authority · W.D. Va.
Mar. 23, 1989) ("[T]he Williams Act preempts state anti-takeover statutes which deprive a hostile bidder of a ‘meaningful opportunity for success.'"); West Point-Pepperell, Inc. v. Parley, Inc., 711 F.Supp. 1096, 1103 (N.D.Ga.1989) (finding preemption if a statute leaves a hostile offeror with no meaningful opportunity for success absent approval from the board that it seeks to replace); BNS, Inc. v. Koppers Co., Inc., 683 F.Supp. 458, 469 (D.Del.1988) (creating the meaningf…
Rule Authority · N.D. Ga.
See CTS, 107 S.Ct. at 1645-46 ; Hyde Park Partners, L.P. v. Connolly, 839 F.2d 837, 849-50 (1st Cir.1988); BNS Inc. v. Koppers Co., Inc., 683 F.Supp. 458, 467 (D.Del.1988); RP Acquisition Corp. v. Staley Continental, Inc., 686 F.Supp. 476, 480 (D.Del.1988).
Rule Authority · Del. Ch. · signal: cf.
Cf. BNS, Inc. v. Hoppers Co., 683 F.Supp. 458, 475 (D.Del.1988).
Cited (see also) · 1st Cir. · signal: see, e.g.
See, e.g., BNS, Inc. v. Koppers Co., Inc., 683 F.Supp. 458, 469 (D.Del.1988) ("[E]ven statutes with substantial deterrent effects on tender offers do not circumvent Williams Act goals, so long as hostile offers which are beneficial to target shareholders have a meaningful opportunity for success."); West Point-Pepperell, Inc. v. Farley, Inc., 711 F.Supp. 1096, 1102 (N.D.Ga.1989); RP Acquisition Corp. v. Staley Continental, Inc., 686 F.Supp. 476, 482 (D.Del.1988).
Cited · 7th Cir. · signal: see
See BNS, Inc. v. Koppers Co., 683 F.Supp. 458 (D.Del.1988); RP Acquisition Corp. v. Staley Continental, Inc., 686 F.Supp. 476 (D.Del.1988); City Capital Associates L.P. v. Interco, Inc., 696 F.Supp. 1551 (D.Del.), affirmed, 860 F.2d 60 (3d Cir.1988).
Cited (see also) · D. Del. · signal: see also · 2 citations in this opinion
See, e.g., Black & Decker Corp. v. American Standard Inc., 679 F.Supp. 1183 (D.Del.1988) (challenge to Delaware’s opt-out statute ripe); see also BNS, 683 F.Supp. 458 (same).
Cited (see also) · signal: see, e.g.
See, e.g., BNS, Inc. v. Koppers Co., Inc., 683 F.Supp. 458, 469 (D.Del.1988) (“[E]ven statutes with substantial deterrent effects on tender offers do not circumvent Williams Act goals, so long as hostile offers which are beneficial to target shareholders have a meaningful opportunity for success.”); West Point-Pepperell, Inc. v. Farley, Inc., 711 F.Supp. 1096, 1102 (N.D.Ga.1989); RP Acquisition Corp. v. Staley Continental, Inc., 686 F.Supp. 476, 482 (D.Del.1988).
Cited (see also) · Del. · signal: see also
See, e.g., Interco, 551 A.2d at 797 ; see also BNS, Inc. v. Koppers, D.Del., 683 F.Supp. 458 (1988).
Cited · N.D. Ga. · signal: see
See BNS, Inc. v. Koppers Co., 683 F.Supp. 458 (D.Del.1988); RP Acquisition Corp. v. Staley Continental, Inc., 686 F.Supp. 476 (D.Del.1988); City Capital Assoc.