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Forming A Subsidiary In The European Common Market, Alfred F. Conard
Forming A Subsidiary In The European Common Market, Alfred F. Conard
Michigan Law Review
The appearance of a new market which is open to free enterprise and contains almost as many customers as the United States has opened immense opportunities to American enterprises, with their unique experience in mass production and mass marketing. General counsel for large American enterprises are confronted with a new need for some understanding of the problems of organizing subsidiary companies in this new market. The present article is written to supply an introduction to the legal factors which bear on solutions of these problems.
Corporations - Stock Transfer - Enforceability Of Restrictions On Right Of Transfer When Not Stated On Certificate, L. Ronald Modlin
Corporations - Stock Transfer - Enforceability Of Restrictions On Right Of Transfer When Not Stated On Certificate, L. Ronald Modlin
Michigan Law Review
A by-Iaw of defendant corporation provided that no stockholder could sell his shares unless he first offered them for sale to the corporation or its directors. The by-law also stated that this restriction should be printed on the stock certificates and would thereupon bind all present or future owners or holders. The corporation never complied with this latter provision. Plaintiff, having knowledge of the by-law restriction, purchased two shares of the corporation's stock, but these shares were not first offered for sale to the corporation or its directors. When the corporation refused to transfer the shares, plaintiff sued to compel …
Corporations - Capital And Stock - Applicability Of Restrictions On Transfer Of Stock To Transfer Caused By Death, Robert P. Luciano
Corporations - Capital And Stock - Applicability Of Restrictions On Transfer Of Stock To Transfer Caused By Death, Robert P. Luciano
Michigan Law Review
The stock of the Taylor Trunk Company, with the exception of the two shares now in controversy, was divided equally between two brothers, the remaining two shares having been held by a third brother now deceased. A by-law provided: "That no transfer or sale of the stock of the Company can be made without first offering said stock for sale to the remaining stockholders. . . ." The administrator with will annexed and the legatee of the decedent sought in this action to have the two shares of stock owned by decedent at his death transferred on the books of …
Corporations - Stockholders - Availability Of Federal Remedy As Basis For Denial Of Attorney Fees In Derivative Action, Jerome Prewoznik
Corporations - Stockholders - Availability Of Federal Remedy As Basis For Denial Of Attorney Fees In Derivative Action, Jerome Prewoznik
Michigan Law Review
Defendants were directors of Merritt, Chapman and Scott Corporation and of Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. simultaneously. Plaintiff, a stockholder in Merritt, instituted a derivative suit to compel the resignation of defendants from their positions with Ward on the ground that an interlocking directorate existed making Merritt subject to criminal and civil prosecution under federal law. Defendants resigned before judgment. Plaintiff, arguing that its suit was the cause of the resignations and that Merritt was thereby benefited, moved for an award of counsel fees to be assessed against Merritt. Held, application for counsel fee denied. Plaintiff could have achieved …
Corporations - Officers And Directors - Agreement Interfering With Management By Board Of Directors, Edward H. Hoenicke S.Ed.
Corporations - Officers And Directors - Agreement Interfering With Management By Board Of Directors, Edward H. Hoenicke S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiffs, minority stockholders in a closely held corporation, asked that the court declare invalid an agreement between the majority stockholders and their "agent-directors" for the management of the business. The agreement provided that for ten years the stock of the parties to the agreement would be voted as a unit as any seven of the agents should direct or, if they could not agree, as directed by an arbitrator chosen by them. The agents were to be elected to the board of directors by the stockholders who appointed them. Under a cumulative voting provision, the parties to the agreement had …
Corporations - Sale Of Assets As A Means Of Avoiding State Constitutional Limitation On Corporate Life, Judson M. Werbelow
Corporations - Sale Of Assets As A Means Of Avoiding State Constitutional Limitation On Corporate Life, Judson M. Werbelow
Michigan Law Review
Defendant, a Michigan corporation, was incorporated in 1923 for a term of thirty years, the maximum term permitted by the Michigan constitution. Shortly before this thirty-year term was to expire, majority and minority stockholders engaged in unsuccessful negotiations, each group attempting to purchase the other's interest in the corporation. A special stockholders' meeting was then called to consider a proposed renewal of the corporate term. This proposal failed to gamer the vote of two-thirds of the outstanding shares which was required for approval. The attorneys representing the majority shareholders proceeded to organize a dummy corporation, which in tum offered the …