Mr. Koppell said his office had jurisdiction to enforce both New York and Federal antitrust laws and could sue to block the purchase.

Before the case could reach the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, the village elected a new board of trustees, which attempted to block the purchase.

The Bush Administration has temporarily blocked the Japanese purchase of General Ceramics, a New Jersey company involved in a nuclear weapons contract.

GTE successfully helped push the Europeans to block the planned $130 billion purchase of Sprint by WorldCom.

Last week, Stanley sued seeking to block the purchase under antitrust laws.

Two years ago, when Taco Bell tried to buy the land for a restaurant, black and white preservation groups were able to block the purchase.

Father Crenier, then sub-Prior, did what he could to stop any expenditure which it considered unnecessary: e.g. he blocked the purchase of an expensive car for $800.

Sunbeam immediately sought to block the purchase, and spent over a year fighting NBC in court.

Veeck wrote that he told Landis, who reacted with shock, and soon moved to block the purchase.

While at the Bank of Montreal, he tried to acquire the Royal Bank of Canada, but the Canadian Government blocked the purchase.