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IN RE TRANSOCEAN TENDER OFFER SECURITIES LIT.

Nos. MDL 223 and 76 C 2254.

427 F.Supp. 1208 (1977)

In re TRANSOCEAN TENDER OFFER SECURITIES LITIGATION. Frank S. NORMANN et al., Plaintiffs, v. VICKERS ENERGY CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

January 24, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis R. Koerner, Jr., Stephen M. Bernstein, Koerner & Babst, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Robert L. Stern, Leo Herzel, Susan Getzendanner, Robert K. Hagan, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for Esmark, Inc., Vickers Energy Corp., the Directors of Esmark, Inc. and certain directors of TransOcean Oil, Inc.

William Key Wilde, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, Tex., for defendants Stormy F. Smith, Edward J. Hudson and William A. Alexander.

John B. Holstead, Vinson, Elkins, Searls, Connally & Smith, Houston, Tex., for defendant TransOcean Oil, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ROBSON, Senior District Judge.

This cause is before the court on the motion of plaintiffs to strike an affirmative defense filed by certain defendants and on the motion of defendants to dismiss paragraphs 27-32 of plaintiffs' complaint for failure to state a claim. For the reasons hereinafter stated, plaintiffs' motion shall be denied and defendants' motion shall be granted.

The instant litigation arises from a tender offer made...

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