Connecticut General Statutes 36a-186 – Injunction against unlawful offer or acquisition. Seizure or sequestration of securities
The bank or holding company or the commissioner through the Attorney General may apply to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford or to the superior court for the judicial district in which the bank or holding company has its principal place of business for equitable relief to enjoin any offer, request, invitation, agreement or acquisition made, or proposed to be made, in contravention of the provisions of sections 36a-180 to 36a-191, inclusive, or any regulation adopted or order issued by the commissioner under said sections, or the voting of any security so acquired. In any case where a person has acquired or is proposing to acquire any securities in violation of sections 36a-180 to 36a-191, inclusive, or any regulation adopted or order issued by the commissioner under said sections, the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford or the superior court for the judicial district in which the bank or holding company has its principal place of business may, on such notice as the court deems appropriate, upon the application of the bank or holding company or the commissioner acting through the Attorney General, seize or sequester any securities of the bank or holding company owned directly or indirectly by such person and make such orders with respect thereto as the court deems appropriate to effectuate the provisions of sections 36a-180 to 36a-191, inclusive. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of said sections, the situs of the ownership of all securities of the banks and holding companies shall be regarded as in this state.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-186
- Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- banks: shall include all incorporated banks. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Commissioner: means the Banking Commissioner and, with respect to any function of the commissioner, includes any person authorized or designated by the commissioner to carry out that function. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Company: means any corporation, joint stock company, trust, association, partnership, limited partnership, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or similar organization, but does not include (A) any corporation the majority of the shares of which are owned by the United States or by any state, or (B) any trust which by its terms shall terminate within twenty-five years or not later than twenty-one years and ten months after the death of beneficiaries living on the effective date of the trust. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Holding company: means a bank holding company or a savings and loan holding company, except, as used in sections 36a-180 to 36a-191, inclusive, "holding company" means a company that controls a bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Person: means an individual, company, including a company described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision (11) of this section, or any other legal entity, including a federal, state or municipal government or agency or any political subdivision thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Sequester: To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations.
- State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2