by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Hartman v. BigInch Fabricators & Construction Holding Co., Inc In 2020, the Indiana Court of Appeals overturned the trial court and found for the selling shareholder when it decided discounts were inappropriate in any compulsory, closed-market sale. The court did...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Oudheusden v. Oudheusden The Connecticut Supreme Court clarified this jurisdiction’s approach to double counting (or double-dipping in a recent decision). The court acknowledged that it had never been asked to determine whether the rule against double counting applied...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Lucero v. United States The taxpayer sued the federal government for a refund, arguing she had overpaid income taxes on stock she had received as part of settling a lawsuit against her former employer. She initially relied on the value in the settlement agreement but...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Lysengen v. Argent Trust Co. This proposed ESOP class action featured familiar claims against the trustee and several individual defendants. In her complaint, the plaintiff alleged the trustee violated ERISA by allowing the plan to overpay for company stock and by...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Uncategorized, Valuations
Raley v. Brinkman In a Tennessee buyout dispute involving a limited liability corporation organized as an S-corporation, the parties disagreed over whether it was appropriate to tax affect in calculating the fair value of the terminated member’s interest. The trial...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Precision Kidd Acquisition, LLC v. Pass This Pennsylvania appellate court decision (unpublished) includes an informative discussion of how to measure damages arising out of a merger in which the seller allegedly failed to inform the buyer during negotiations that one...
