Demoulas v. Demoulas

Fabricant, Judith, J.

INTRODUCTION

The is the latest battle in the long-running war among members of the Demoulas family regarding control of the company they jointly own, Demoulas Super Markets, Inc. (DSM). As a result of a recent realignment of one relatively small group of family members (the “Rafaela group”), the owners of class A shares (those aligned with Arthur S. Demoulas) have taken control of the board of directors. The owners of class B shares (those aligned with Arthur T. Demoulas, the company’s current president), dissatisfied with certain decisions made by the newly constituted…