Entire Fairness Versus Solomon Standard

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 9 No. 3
Legal and Court Case Update
March 2003
2836 Biological Products, Except Diagnostic Substances
shareholder dissent/oppression

Pure Resources, Inc. v. Shareholders Litigation
No. 19876 (Del. Chan. 2002)
October 1, 2002
US
State Court
Delaware
Court of Chancery
Strine

Summary

The minority shareholders of Pure Resources, Inc. filed a motion for preliminary injunction to block the tender offer, which was to be followed by a short-form merger, initiated by majority shareholder Unocal Corp.

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Pure Resources, Inc. v. Shareholders Litigation

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