344 N.J. Super. 83 - Casey v. Brennan’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[W]here, as here, a shareholder claim of unfairness involves a corporate transaction in which the directors stand to realize a personal benefit by continuing as shareholders after paying the minority an unfairly low price, we have no hesitancy in concluding that the fiduciary responsibilities of the directors and of the corporation toward all shareholders impose upon them the burden of proving the transaction was not unfair and inequitable’ to plaintiffs. [Citation omitted.]” 344 N.J. Super, at 108.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Welch v. via Christi Health Partners, Inc.

2. “In our view, the dissemination of an inaccurate or misleading proxy statement in conjunction with a cash-out merger that sets forth an inadequate cash-out price is sufficient to allow non-statutory dissenters to challenge the merger, or claim fair compensation for their shares, unless otherwise precluded by some other statute, doctrine, rule or law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Amboy Bancorporation v. Bank Advisory Group, Inc.

3. “no reason to distinguish, for these purposes between marketability and minority discounts and ... conclude[d] that minority discounts likewise are not to be applied in a valuation proceeding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 348 N.J. Super. 466 - Brown v. Brown