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Shareholder Oppression In Close Corporations: The Unanswered Question Of Perspective, Douglas K. Moll
Shareholder Oppression In Close Corporations: The Unanswered Question Of Perspective, Douglas K. Moll
Vanderbilt Law Review
The doctrine of shareholder oppression protects the close corporation minority stockholder from the improper exercise of majority control.! Nevertheless, when a close corporation minority shareholder asserts that the majority shareholder has acted "oppressively" towards him, the minority's chance of success may very well depend on the perspective from which shareholder oppression is viewed. Consider the following two decisions:
In Priebe v. O'Malley, the controlling shareholders of a close corporation terminated the employment of Myron Priebe, a minority shareholder, for "unsatisfactory" work performance.! Priebe sued, asserting that the termination amounted to oppressive conduct! The trial court noted that "Priebe was not …