Exhibit 5.1
March 28, 2006
The Quigley Corporation
621 Shady Retreat Road
Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901
Re: The Quigley Corporation
Registration Statement On Form S-8
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated the
date hereof (the "Registration Statement"), filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission by the Quigley Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the
"Company"). The Registration Statement relates to an aggregate of 1,500,000
shares (the "Shares") of common stock, par value $.001 per share of the Company
(the "Common Stock"). The Shares will be issued and sold by the Company in
accordance with the Company's 1997 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").
We advise you that we have examined originals or copies certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction of the Certificate of Incorporation and
By-laws of the Company, minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors and
stockholders of the Company, the Plan and such other documents, instruments and
certificates of officers and representatives of the Company and public
officials, and we have made such examination of the law, as we have deemed
appropriate as the basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. In making such
examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity
of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to original
documents of documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when
issued and paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the
Plan, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
March 28, 2005
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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption
"Legal Matters" in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration
Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ OLSHAN GRUNDMAN FROME ROSENZWEIG & WOLOSKY LLP
OLSHAN GRUNDMAN FROME ROSENZWEIG & WOLOSKY LLP