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 it authorized its staff to seek a preliminary injunction
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 barring Imo Industries Inc. from acquiring the shares outstanding of the U.S. unit of the British company, United Scientific Holdings PLC, for $69 million.
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it had reason 
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to believe 
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that the proposed acquisition could substantially reduce competition in the production of certain image intensifier tubes,
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 which are important components of night-vision devices 
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sold primarily to the defense industry.
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it would seek to enjoin the proposed acquisition in a federal trial court, 
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but declined to specify which one.
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 Under federal law, if the court grants a preliminary injunction, 
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the FTC must begin administrative proceedings 
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to determine the legality of the proposed stock purchase within 20 days. 
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 Officials at the United Scientific unit, Optic-Electronic Corp. of Garland, Texas, and at Imo Industries of Lawrenceville, N.J., couldn't be reached for comment.
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