Legal Opinion
Beloit Liquidating Trust v. Grade
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided April 6, 2004No. 02-2035PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtN. Patrick Crooks, J.
¶ 1. The petitioners in this case, Jeffrey T. Grade, Francis M. Corby, Jr., Mark E. Readinger, James A. Chokey, Robert A. Messier, Alton L. Daffin, and Thomas E. Engelsman, officers and directors of Beloit Corporation, or its former parent corporation, Harnischfeger Industries, Incorporated (Harnischfeger), seek review of a published court of appeals' decision, Beloit Liquidating Trust v. Grade, 2003 WI App 176, 266 Wis. 2d 388, 669 N.W.2d 232, reversing a circuit court decision. The court of appeals held that the petitioners (officers and directors) had a duty to Beloit Corporation's…
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