Cheyenne, WY
Estate planning Lawyer at Cheyenne, WY
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Business, Real Estate
OUTCOME: Holding for Property Owners
Tax sale purchaser brought declaratory-judgment action against property owners, claiming she owned property as result of tax deed. District Court entered summary judgment in favor of property owners. P ... urchaser appealed; District Court decision affirmed.
OUTCOME: Holding for Appellant; Reversed and Remanded
Corporation, which executed reverse stock split from which minority shareholders dissented, filed an appraisal proceeding to determine fair value of minority shareholders' shares. Following a bench tri ... al, the District Court applied a minority discount and a discount for trapped-in capital gains tax liability, and determined the fair value of minority shareholders' shares. Minority shareholders appealed. The Supreme Court held that: (1) minority discount could not be applied in determining fair value of minority shareholders' shares; (2) discount for trapped-in capital gains tax liability could not be applied in determining fair value of minority shareholders' shares; and (3) trial court's failure to include non-ranch corporate assets in its determination of fair value of minority shareholders' shares was clearly erroneous.
OUTCOME: Holding for Appellee
Guest brought negligence action against homeowners after she fell on homeowners' property and broke her ankle. District Court granted homeowners' motion for judgment as a matter of law, and guest appea ... led. Supreme Court, held that guest failed to establish a causal connection between homeowner's alleged negligence and fall.
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