27 F.3d 563 - Joseph M. Persinger, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Shareholders of Persingers, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation Kenneth T. Williamson Carol Preston Williamson v. R. Frank Carmazzi Sales One, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation Sales Two, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation John C. Morton W. Guy Wiles, Jr. William A. Tantlinger Persingers, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation William F. Agee First Huntington National Bank, N.A., Meredith T. Persinger M. Thomas Persinger, Executors of the Estate of Helen P. Reams, Deceased Mary Boland Persinger John Powers Persinger Kathleens. Persinger, Plaintiffs v. R. Frank Carmazzi Sales One, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation Sales Two, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation John C. Morton W. Guy Wiles, Jr. William A. Tantlinger Persingers, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation William F. Agee First Huntington National Bank, N.A., Margaret R. McCartney Elizabeth P. Chadek Mary Frances Persinger v. R. Frank Carmazzi Sales One, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation Sales Two, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation John C. Morton W. Guy Wiles, Jr. William A. Tantlinger Persingers, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation William F. Agee First Huntington National Bank, N.A.

Joseph M. Persinger, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Shareholders of Persingers, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation Kenneth T. Williamson Carol Preston Williamson v. R. Frank Carmazzi Sales One, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation Sales Two, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation John C. Morton W. Guy Wiles, Jr. William A. Tantlinger Persingers, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation William F. Agee First Huntington National Bank, N.A., Meredith T. Persinger M. Thomas Persinger, Executors of the Estate of Helen P. Reams, Deceased Mary Boland Persinger John Powers Persinger Kathleens. Persinger, Plaintiffs v. R. Frank Carmazzi Sales One, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation Sales Two, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation John C. Morton W. Guy Wiles, Jr. William A. Tantlinger Persingers, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation William F. Agee First Huntington National Bank, N.A., Margaret R. McCartney Elizabeth P. Chadek Mary Frances Persinger v. R. Frank Carmazzi Sales One, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation Sales Two, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation John C. Morton W. Guy Wiles, Jr. William A. Tantlinger Persingers, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation William F. Agee First Huntington National Bank, N.A.

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Joseph M. PERSINGER, on behalf of themselves and all other shareholders of Persingers, Incorporated, a West Virginia corporation; Kenneth T. Williamson; Carol Preston Williamsonv.R. Frank CARMAZZI; Sales One, Inc., a West Virginia corporation; Sales Two, Inc., a West Virginia corporation; John C. Morton; W. Guy Wiles, Jr.; William A. Tantlinger; Persingers, Incorporated, a West Virginia corporation; William F. Agee; First Huntington National Bank, N.A., Defendants-Appellees. Meredith T. PERSINGER; M. Thomas Persinger, Executors of the Estate of Helen P. Reams, deceased; Mary Boland Persinger; John Powers Persinger; Kathleens
Persinger, Plaintiffs-v.R. Frank CARMAZZI; Sales One, Incorporated, a West Virginia corporation; Sales Two, Incorporated, a West Virginia corporation; John C. Morton; W. Guy Wiles, Jr.; William A. Tantlinger; Persingers, Incorporated, a West Virginia corporation; William F. Agee; First Huntington National Bank, N.A., Defendants-Appellees. Margaret R. MCCARTNEY; Elizabeth P
Chadek; Mary Frances Persingerv.R. Frank CARMAZZI; Sales One, Incorporated, a West Virginia corporation; Sales Two, Incorporated, a West Virginia corporation; John C. Morton; W. Guy Wiles, Jr.; William A. Tantlinger; Persingers, Incorporated, a West Virginia corporation; William F. Agee; First Huntington National Bank, N.A

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NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston. Charles H. Haden II, Chief District Judge. (CA-87-462-2, CA-89-410-2, CA-89-411-2)

Argued: Edmond Daniel Johnson, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE. On brief: David G. Thunhorst, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE; John E. Lutz, J.W. Riccardi, Dodson, Riccardi & Lutz, Charleston, WV, for Appellants.

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Argued: Cheryl Lynne Connelly, Campbell, Woods, Bagley, Emerson, McNeer & Herndon, Huntington, WV. On brief: E.M. Kowal, Jr., Campbell, Woods, Bagley, Emerson, McNeer & Herndon, Huntington, WV; William C. Beatty, Daniel J. Konrad, Huddleston, Bolen, Beatty, Porter & Copen, Huntington, WV, for Appellees.

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S.D.W.Va.

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AFFIRMED.

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Before RUSSELL, HALL and MURNAGHAN, C.J.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

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Certain shareholders of Persingers, Inc., a West Virginia corporation, brought suit against R. Frank Carmazzi and others to halt the buyout of minority shareholders and the merger of Persingers with a corporation controlled by Carmazzi. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants. The plaintiffs appealed, and we certified questions of law to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. The West Virginia court's answers, see Persinger v. Carmazzi, 441 S.E.2d 646 (W.Va.1994), confirm the correctness of the district court's judgment, and, therefore, we affirm.

AFFIRMED