Legal Opinion
PJ Acquisition Corp. v. Skoglund
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 9, 1990No. C3-88-1368PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLEY, Justice.
The dispute in this case constitutes but one episode in the ongoing contest between competing factions of the present shareholders, directors and officers for control of Vikings II, Inc., the owner of a National Football League (NFL) franchise authorizing it to field the Minnesota Vikings professional football team.1 On one side of the conflict is appellant PJ Acquisition Corporation (PJ), owned by Irwin Jacobs and Carl Pohlad, who, by a 1986 purchase, acquired one-third of the corporate voting shares, which had been originally owned by *3Max Winter. Its adversaries, the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Tovrea Land and Cattle Company v. LinsenmeyerArizona Supreme Court · 1966
- Masinter v. Webco Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
- Ellis v. Minneapolis Commission on Civil RightsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- Victory Highway Village, Inc. v. WeaverDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1979
- Seitz v. MichelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Berreman v. West Publishing Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2000
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