{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000940394-23-000233","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"EVN","cik":"0001074540","company_name":"Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust","filed_at":"2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:43.781126+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-20T03:24:29.642865+00:00","sec_items":["8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"Eaton Vance closed-end funds exempt Control Share Acquisitions from by-law after court ruling","bullets":["Board voted to exempt all prior and future Control Share Acquisitions from Control Share By-Laws until further notice.","Massachusetts Superior Court ruled Control Share By-Law violates Section 18(i) of Investment Company Act.","Litigation by Saba Capital challenging by-law amendments is ongoing; court found trustees had legitimate business reason.","Exemption applies to 23 closed-end funds including EVN, EOI, EOS, EFT, EVV, and others.","Court granted summary judgment for rescission of Control Share By-Law; appeal decisions deferred until remaining issues litigated."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940394-23-000233","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940394-23-000233.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940394-23-000233.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940394-23-000233.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1074540/000094039423000233/0000940394-23-000233-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1074540/000094039423000233/evn8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-20T03:24:29.642865+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}