Columbia Management Co. v. Wyss

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• holding, in context of dissenter’s rights statute, that appropriateness of applying marketability or minority discount to determination of fair value “necessarily depends on the circumstances of the par- ticular case”
• applying a marketability discount to a sale of shares under former ORS 57.865 to ORS 57.890 when there was no evidence of misconduct by the company
• noting that “because a dissenting shareholder is exercising a right designed for his or her protection, and because the purchaser of the shares will be the corporation, not an outsider, this recognition of decreased market value may not be appropriate”
• \fair value\ under similar statute does not mean \fair market value\; term requires consideration of market value, net asset value, and earnings or investment value
• “fair value” under similar statute does not mean “fair market value”; term requires consideration of market value, net asset value, and earnings or investment value
• application of minority and marketability discounts presented issue of law

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