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· 2/12/1993

United Paperworkers International Union, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. International Paper Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

Citations

  • 985 F.2d 1190
  • 128 A.L.R. Fed. 731
  • 24 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20591
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 2237

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  • holding that a reasonable shareholder voting on a proposal who had read both the proxy statement and the annual report would have received no indication that additional information was available in the 10- K report
  • stating that “the mere presence in the media of sporadic news reports ... should not be considered to be part of the total mix of information that would clarify or place in proper context the company’s representations in its proxy materials”
  • upholding denial of defendants’ summary judgment motion because “sporadic news reports” contradicting proxy solicitation materials did not provide shareholders with notice of allegedly misleading statements
  • stating that “the mere presence in the media of sporadic 2 news reports . . . should not be considered to be part of the total mix of information that would 3 clarify or place in proper context the company’s representations in its proxy materials”
  • describing total mix of available information to reasonable investor as \data sent to shareholders by a company in addition to its proxy materials ... as well as other information 'reasonably available to the shareholders' \
  • environmental information buried in annual report where it “was placed in an untitled financial summary section”

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Judges: Kearse, Winter, Altimari

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