Leader v. Hycor, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• case remanded for judge to explicate grounds for conclusion that stock price offered to minority shareholders by defendants was fair and reasonable
• use of reverse stock split to eliminate public minority ownership and take corporation private permitted
• judicial review may be had of claims of breach of fiduciary duty and unfairness
• “minority shareholders are bound by majority rule to accept cash or debt in exchange for their common shares, even though the price they receive may be less than the value they assign to these shares. But this alone does not render freezeouts objectionable.” (citations omitted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Zimmerman v. Bogoff
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-06-22· cited 98×
• Coggins v. New England Patriots Football Club, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-05-14· cited 67×
• U.S. Bank N. A. v. Cold Spring Granite Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2011-09-07· cited 46×
• Sarrouf v. New England Patriots Football Club, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-05-14· cited 38×
• Michael B. Shane v. James H. Shane
  First Circuit· 1989-12-20· cited 31×
• Crowley v. Communications for Hospitals, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-06-25· cited 27×
• Lerner v. Lerner Corp.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2000-05-01· cited 27×
• Access Cardiosystems, Inc. v. Fincke (In Re Access Cardiosystems, Inc.)
  D. Massachusetts· 2009-04-17· cited 21×
• Horizon House-Microwave, Inc. v. BAZZY BAZZY
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-12-09· cited 21×
• Willis v. Board of Selectmen of Easton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-06-14· cited 19×
• Sullivan v. First Massachusetts Financial Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-04-17· cited 15×
• Sifferle v. Micom Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1986-04-01· cited 14×
• Jancey v. School Committee of Everett
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-06-05· cited 13×
• Delta Materials Corp. v. Bagdon
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-09-23· cited 10×
• Chokel v. First National Supermarkets, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-01-08· cited 10×
• Delahoussaye v. Newhard
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1990-01-16· cited 9×
• Reeve v. Folly Hill Limited Partnership
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-02-22· cited 9×
• Goldman v. Union Bank and Trust
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1988-08-25· cited 8×
• Spenlinhauer v. Spencer Press, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-12-28· cited 7×
• Evans v. Certified Engineering & Testing Co., Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1993-01-28· cited 6×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-02-01· cited 690×
• Donahue v. Rodd Electrotype Co. of New England, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-02· cited 335×
• Kelley v. Everglades Drainage District
  Supreme Court· 1943-06-21· cited 255×
• Wilkes v. Springside Nursing Home, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-08-20· cited 151×
• Schrottman v. Barnicle
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-29· cited 75×
• Piemonte v. New Boston Garden Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-04· cited 47×
• Northern Natural Gas Company v. United States of America, Northern Propane Gas Company v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1973-01-29· cited 35×
• Teschner v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-09-27· cited 19×