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Federal Elections Commission V. Massachusetts Citizens For Life, Inc., Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1986

Federal Elections Commission V. Massachusetts Citizens For Life, Inc., Lewis F. Powell Jr.

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Cts Corp. V. Dynamics Corporation Of America, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1986

Cts Corp. V. Dynamics Corporation Of America, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

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Minnesota's Control Share Acquisition Statute And The Need For New Judicial Analysis Of State Takeover Legislation, Lyman P. Q. Johnson Jan 1986

Minnesota's Control Share Acquisition Statute And The Need For New Judicial Analysis Of State Takeover Legislation, Lyman P. Q. Johnson

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Conventional wisdom holds that corporate takeovers benefit both shareholders and society in general. In examining the constitutionality of state takeover statutes, numerous courts have uncritically adopted this view of takeovers. As a result, they have consistently invalidated state statutes as burdening interstate commerce, both by depriving shareholders of premiums and supposedly impeding an efficient reallocation of resources. This conventional wisdom has been challenged by recent empirical evidence on the adverse efficiency effects of many mergers. In light of this evidence indicating a divergence of investor and other interests in takeovers, Professor Lyman Johnson argues for revised judicial analysis of takeover …