Legal Opinion

Willard v. Moneta Building Supply, Inc.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 11, 1999No. Record 981836PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kinser

This appeal involves a sale of the assets of a closely held corporation. The minority stockholder of the corporation has attacked the propriety of the transaction, primarily on the grounds that the corporation’s directors, who were also its majority stockholders, breached their statutory and common law duties by failing to maximize the sales price, by authorizing a transaction in which they had a conflict of interests, and by failing to comply with the statutory procedures for selling the assets of a corporation, not in the ordinary course of business. Finding no error, we will affirm the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Pepper v. LittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. Revlon, Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1986
  3. Mills Acquisition Co. v. MacMillan, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1989
  4. Glass v. GlassSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
  5. W. S. Carnes, Inc. v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1996

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Simmons v. MillerSupreme Court of Virginia · 2001
  2. Baptist Physicians Lexington, Inc. v. New Lexington Clinic, P.S.C.Kentucky Supreme Court · 2013
  3. Lower Chesapeake Associates v. Valley Forge InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 2000
  4. Willard v. Moneta Building Supply, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2001
  5. Byelick v. VivadelliDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1999

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