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Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America v. Tribune Co.
Facts
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (Plaintiffs) sued Tribune Co. (Defendant), arguing that Defendant breached a commitment letter whereby it agreed to take a loan from Plaintiffs, subject to execution of final documents and approval by Defendant’s board of directors. To make a more attractive public stock offering, Defendant wished to employ offset accounting, whereby it could withhold disclosure of certain assets on its balance sheets. When Defendant learned that offset accounting would likely be unacceptable to the Securities and Exchange Commission, it broke off negotiations, arguing that its obligation to borrow was contingent on its ability to use offset accounting to report the loan on its balance sheets, though no mention of offset accounting was made in the commitment letter.
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