19 Mass. L. Rptr. 621 - Belkin v. Levenson’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 2013
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Packaging Industries Group, Inc. v. Cheney · GTE Products Corp. v. Stewart · Gimbel v. Signal Companies, Inc. · In Re Aquila Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Transaction Documents [which includes the Holdings, LLC Agreement], at all times a single individual shall be the Team’s Governor... and shall have the power and authoriiy, without requiring the consent of and notwithstanding any direction from, any other person, to manage the business and affairs of the Team and to act for and bind the team with respect to all matters relating to the NBA Entities and the operations of the Team . . . The Governor shall be designated and shall be subject to removal by the Board of Managers of Holdings in accordance with Section 5.1 (k) of the Holdings, LLC Agreement, provided that any designation or removal shall require the prior approval of the NBA Commissioner . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Each NBA Governor . . . appointed by the Company may be removed by the Board of Managers (but only as provided in Section 5.1(k)(iii) in the case of Steve Belkin during the Initial Term) if he . . . takes any action to legally bind . . . the Hawks . . . with respect to any material matter . . . that he knows or reasonably should have known is materially inconsistent with either the specific directions or the stated position of the Board of Managers with respect to such material matter or ... is a matter on which he has not received direction of the Board of Managers (a “Removable Action”) . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Steven Belkin may, but shall not be required to, be removed from his office as NBA Governor prior to the expiration of the Initial Term by written notice from the Board of Managers only in the event that the Board of Managers (based on an affirmative vote corresponding to an aggregate Voting Interest in excess of 50%) determines that he has taken a Removable Action and such Removable Action is not rescinded ... within five (5) Business Days after written notice thereof is provided to him, or . . . within such other reasonable period as the Board of Managers may determine.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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