Minority Shareholders Not Precluded From Seeking Damages for Majority Shareholders’ Post-Merger Breaches of Fiduciary Duty

In Mitchell Partners, L.P. v. Irex Corporation, et al., the Third Circuit concluded that Pennsylvania’s appraisal statute does not preclude dissenting minority shareholders who are “squeezed out” in a merger from seeking remedies beyond the appraisal remedies provided in the statute. In the precedential ruling, the Third Circuit predicted that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania would “permit a post-merger suit for damages based on the majority shareholders’ breach of their fiduciary duties.”