Sarrouf v. New England Patriots Football Club, Inc.

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• stating that appraisal is an equitable proceeding, and the court is permitted to consider the inability of dissenting shareholders to use money tied up in proceeding in determining whether to award simple or compound interest
• stating that appraisal is an equitable proceeding, and the court is permitted to consider the inability of dissenting shareholders to use money tied up in proceeding in determining whether to award simple or compound interest
• affirming trial judge’s denial of consideration of market value as reliable indicator of value where stock not regularly traded on a recognized exchange and there was no established market for asset
• fact finder to determine weight of various relevant factors when determining value of going concern
• “[valuation is a question of fact, and we will not disturb a judge’s determination unless it is clearly erroneous”
• the value of a “going concern ... is the price a knowledgeable buyer would pay for the entire corporation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).