Legal Opinion
Nisselson v. Lernout
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 8, 2006No. 05-1774PublishedCited by 226 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to explore an arcane corner of the world of corporate finance. In the underlying series of events, a corporate shark, using fraudulent means, induced an allegedly innocent target corporation to enter into an ill-advised merger. After both the shark and the merged entity drowned in red ink, plaintiff-appellant Alan Nisselson (the trustee), appointed by the bankruptcy court to prosecute any causes of action that the merged entity might possess, attempted to mount various claims arising out of the innocent target’s legal rights. Those rights, of…
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