Matthews v. Tele-Systems, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a breach-of-fiduciary duty claim, which essentially alleged that excessive salaries depleted or wasted corporate assets, could only be brought in a derivative action
• holding that a breach-of-fiduciary duty claim, which essentially alleged that excessive salaries depleted or wasted corporate assets, could only be brought in a derivative action
• holding that a breach-of-fiduciary duty claim, which essentially alleged that excessive salaries depleted or wasted corporate assets, could only be brought in a derivative action
• affirming summary judgment against director who was allegedly deceived into resigning because he could show no damages when other board members who engaged in the deception could have voted to oust him
• depletion of corporate assets through excessive salaries relates to value of shares to be determined in appraisal action
• “[Tjhere is no order from which to appeal. Thus, there is nothing for us to review.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Southwest Health and Wellness, LLC v. Work
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-29· cited 54×
• Albee v. Krasnoff
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-06-12· cited 21×
• Crittenton v. Southland Owners Ass'n
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-10-27· cited 17×
• Lor, Inc. v. Glen W. Rollins
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-05-21· cited 14×
• Levy v. Reiner
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-24· cited 13×
• B & R REALTY, INC. v. Carroll
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-07-12· cited 5×
• Milan Patel v. 2602 Deerfield, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-10-02· cited 4×
• Carter v. Murphey
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-06-14· cited 3×
• Northside Hospital Inc. v. E. Kendrick Smith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-30· cited 3×
• Grant v. Phoenix on Peachtree Condominium Ass'n
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-19· cited 2×
• Pine Creek, LLC v. Pine Mount, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-11-30· cited 1×
• Glen W. Rollins v. Lor, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-04
• Terilyn Callicott v. Paul Scott
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-11-17
• William Crispin v. State of Georgia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-07-01
• The Phoenix on Peachtree Condominium Association, Inc. v. Deon Grant
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-19
• Gleaton & Associates, Inc. v. Laquita Cornelius
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-02-08

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Matjoulis v. Integon General Ins. Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-05-14· cited 645×
• Desai v. Silver Dollar City, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-10-15· cited 118×
• Thomas v. Dickson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-03-17· cited 65×
• Phoenix Airline Services, Inc. v. Metro Airlines, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-11-16· cited 64×
• Pickett v. Paine
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-06-21· cited 49×
• Grace Bros. v. Farley Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-10-31· cited 46×
• Croxton v. MSC Holding, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-09· cited 24×
• Fuller v. Perry
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-09-27· cited 23×
• Medlin v. Carpenter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-02-13· cited 20×
• Holland v. Holland Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-06-02· cited 18×
• Comolli v. Comolli
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-04-18· cited 18×
• Johnson v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-01-08· cited 13×
• T & R Custom, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-03· cited 11×
• Mullen v. Nezhat
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-10-22· cited 10×
• Hampton v. Norred & Associates, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-02-22· cited 7×
• Barber v. Collins
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-02-02· cited 2×