Unitrin, Inc. v. American General Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that burden rests on board of directors which has taken draconian, e.g., coercive, measures in response to hostile tender offer
• concluding that a proxy contest is not precluded by the existence of a poison pill, su-permajority voting requirement and fully implemented stock repurchase plan
• recognizing that this Court may affirm a trial court’s judgment on the basis of a different rationale than that relied upon by the trial court
• recognizing that this Court may affirm on the basis of a different rationale than that articulated by the trial court
• recognizing that this Court may affirm a trial court’s judgment on the basis of a different rationale than that articulated by the trial court
• recognizing that the Supreme Court may affirm a trial court’s judgment for reasons different than those articulated by the trial court

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