The grant or denial of preliminary injunctive relief at the outset of a dissolution proceeding can make a critical difference in the events that follow. This week’s New York Business Divorce looks at two back-to-back decisions by Justice Orin Kitzes, one denying and one granting injunctive preliminary relief, in cases that otherwise have a lot in common.
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Interim Remedies
Court Orders Hearing On Minority Shareholder’s Petition for Common Law Dissolution
Common law dissolution is something of a remedy of last resort for the oppressed minority shareholder who does not hold the requisite 20% of the corporation’s voting shares to bring a dissolution proceeding under BCL Section 1104-a. This week’s New York Business Divorce highlights a recent decision by Queens County Commercial Division Justice Orin Kitzes ordering a hearing to determine a common law dissolution petition brought by 15% shareholders of a restaurant business.
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Court Enjoins “Squeeze-Out” Capital Call by Controlling Members of LLC
The baseball season is upon us but there’s no joy in Mudville or, at least, at the Cooperstown All Stars Village baseball camp where the co-owners of a limited liability company are playing hardball litigation. The Third Department umpire recently called a preliminary injunction in favor of the non-controlling team after the controlling member pitched a high-and-inside capital call. Read about it in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Disputed Allegations of Shareholder Oppression Require Evidentiary Hearing
The necessity of an evidentiary hearing is a threshold issue in corporate dissolution proceedings. A recent decision by Suffolk County Commercial Division Justice Emily Pines serves up a good illustration of how courts approach the issue. Read more in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
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Anatomy of a Dissolution Slugfest: Part V
Read the last in a series of postings about a high-stakes dissolution donnybrook involving a luxury car dealership.
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Anatomy of a Dissolution Slugfest: Part III
Read Part III of a series of postings about a high-stakes dissolution donnybrook involving a luxury car dealership.
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Roundup of 2007 Business Divorce Cases
Here’s a preview of (and link to) Peter Mahler’s recently published article in the New York Law Journal highlighting the most interesting business divorce cases decided by New York courts in 2007.
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Anatomy of a Dissolution Slugfest: Part II
Read Part II of a five-part series about a high-stakes dissolution donnybrook involving a luxury car dealership.
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LLC Dissolution and Receivers
The LLC Law omits any provision for appointment of a temporary receiver. Read about a recent case where it made a difference.
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