No DLOM Absent Extraordinary Circumstances; Bright-Line Rule Prohibiting Built-in Gains Discount Rejected

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 8 No. 10
Legal and Court Case Update
October 2002
6719 Offices of Holding Companies, NEC
551112 Offices of Other Holding Companies
shareholder dissent/oppression
fair value, discount for lack of marketability (DLOM), market approach, c corporation, s corporation

Norton Co v. Smyth
112 Wn. App. 865, 51 P.3d 159, 2002 Wash. App. LEXIS 1841
August 5, 2002
US
State Court
Washington
Court of Appeals
Arthur Andersen (for plaintiff) <br> Robert Duffy (for defendant)
Kennedy

Summary

The issue, in this case of first impression in Washington, was the propriety of discounts for lack of marketability and built-in capital gains in a dissenters' rights proceeding.

See Also

Norton Co v. Smyth

The issue, in this case of first impression in Washington, was the propriety of discounts for lack of marketability and built-in capital gains in a dissenters' rights proceeding.