Broccoli v. Broccoli’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 1 state decisions

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1. ““(a) The superior court shall have full power to liquidate the assets and business of a corporation: (1) In an action by a shareholder when it is established that, whether or not the corporate business has been or could be operated at a profit, dissolution would be beneficial to the shareholders because: (i) The directors or those other persons that may be responsible for management pursuant to § 7 — 1.1—51(a) are deadlocked in the management of the corporate affairs and the shareholders are unable to break the deadlock; or (ii) The acts of the directors or those in control of the corporation are illegal, oppressive, or fraudulent; or (iii) The shareholders are deadlocked in voting power, and have failed, for a period which includes at least two (2) consecutive annual meeting dates, to elect successors to directors whose terms have expired or would have expired upon the election of their successors; or (iv) The corporate assets are being misapplied or are in danger of being wasted or lost; or (v) Two (2) or more factions of shareholders are divided and there is such internal dissension that serious harm to the business and affairs of the corporation is threatened ***.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hendrick v. Hendrick