Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 10, 1998No. A98A0423PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Harold R. Banke.
Marsha Diane Lewis and 21 other dissatisfied TBS shareholders (“appellants”) instituted the underlying action to challenge the $7.5 billion merger between Turner Broadcasting System (“TBS”) and Time Warner, Inc. (“Time Warner”). Appellants sued TBS, Time Warner, Tele-Communications, Inc. (“TCI”), Ted Turner, and 12 members of TBS’ board of directors.
The appellants did not elect to exercise the statutory right of appraisal under OCGA § 14-2-1302 but chose to file a separate action. They alleged, inter alia, that the merger vote by the TBS board was fraudulent and violated…
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