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· 10/29/2001

In Re Best Lock Corp. Shareholder Litigation

Citations

  • 845 A.2d 1057
  • 2001 Del. Ch. LEXIS 134
  • 2001 WL 1398580

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the rule in Bershad precluded recovery in a minority squeeze out transaction
  • holding that isolated misstatement contradicted by information statement when read as a whole was not material
  • considering acquiescence in the context of a corporate transaction and describing the need to show “unequivocal approval” of the transaction
  • “Delaware courts have held repeatedly that a board need not disclose specific details of the analysis underlying a financial advisor‟s opinion.”
  • “Majority shareholders who elect to freeze out minority shareholders should not be made better off by choosing to forego protective structural mechanisms. . . . [A]cquiescence (or ratification implied from the actions of shareholders
  • “Majority shareholders who elect to freeze out minority shareholders should not be made better off by choosing to forego protective structural mechanisms. . . . [A]cquiescence (or ratification implied from the actions of shareholders

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Judges: Chandler

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