Pvi, Inc., and William G. Skelly v. Ratiopharm Gmbh, a German Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
PVI, Inc., and William Skelly (collectively, PVI) were minority stockholders in Martec, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. In 1995, PVI exercised an option that required ratiopharm, Martec’s majority stockholder, to purchase PVI’s interest in Martec. Although an independent appraiser determined a price at the request of the parties, PVI refused to turn over the stock certificates and sued ratiopharm, claiming, among other things, that ratiop-harm had breached the stockholders’ agreement as well as a fiduciary duty to PVI; ratiopharm counterclaimed,…
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