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04Aug

Minority Members’ Contractual Blocking Rights Can Result in the Imposition of Fiduciary Duties

Gray Reed | | Return|
In Skye Mineral Investors LLC v. DXS Capital (U.S.) Limited, et al., the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Court”) denied defendants’ motion to dismiss, finding that plaintiffs had sufficiently pled a breach by the members holding a minority equity interest (the “Minority Members”) in Skye Mineral Partners, LLC (“SMP”) and the manager who the Minority Members appointed to SMP’s board of managers (the “Minority Manager”) of their fiduciary duty of loyalty to SMP and its members. ...
By: Gray Reed
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/minority-members-contractual-blocking-27452/

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