United States Second Circuit

In the context of a proxy vote to authorize a proposed merger under Delaware law, a duplicate of management's proxy card, when included in a mailing opposing a proposed merger, is a "form of revocation" under 17 C.F.R. section 240.14a-2(b)(1).

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/13/2004
• Published 05/13/2004

Judges

• JACOBS, Circuit Judge., Before:  JACOBS, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges, and BLOCK, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James P. Smith III,Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York, N.Y. (Richard W. Reinthaler, John E. Schreiber, Joseph Czerniawski, Corinne D. Levy, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant MONY Group, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• R. Todd Cronan, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA (Gus P. Coldebella, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee Highfields Capital Management, L.P., Samuel Kadet, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Lauren E. Aguiar, Timothy K. Giordano, Gregory A. Litt, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellees Longleaf Partners Small-Cap Fund and Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.