Legal Opinion
Kiriakides v. Atlas Food Systems & Services, Inc.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided January 29, 2001No. 25244PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TOAL, Chief Justice:
We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ opinion in Kiriakides v. Atlas Food Systems, 338 S.C. 572, 527 S.E.2d 371 (Ct.App.2000). We affirm in result, as modified.
FACTS
This is a case in which respondents, minority shareholders in a closely held family corporation, claim the majority shareholders have acted in a manner which is fraudulent, oppressive and unfairly prejudicial. 1 They seek a buyout of their shares under South Carolina’s judicial dissolution statutes. A rather detailed recitation of the facts is necessary to an understanding of the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Townes Associates, Ltd. v. City of GreenvilleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1976
- Donahue v. Rodd Electrotype Co. of New England, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Meiselman v. MeiselmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
- Masinter v. Webco Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
- In Re the Judicial Dissolution of Kemp & Beatley, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
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- Campbell v. Cathcart (In Re Derivium Capital, LLC)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Carolina · 2006
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