Legal Opinion
First Union National Bank v. Pictet Overseas Trust Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 9, 2003No. 02-2467PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Pictet Overseas Trust Corporation, Ltd., (Pictet), trustee of the Henrietta Y. Jones Trust (Jones Trust), appeals the district court’s ruling that Pictet’s counterclaims for breach of fiduciary duty and conversion were moot in light of the earlier entry of judgment in Pictet’s favor under Arkansas statutes furnishing appraisal rights to dissenting corporate shareholders. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
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The Jones Trust owned approximately six percent of First Land and Timber Corporation (FLT) when FLT proposed a corporate merger structured to shift…
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