KOHLER CO. v. SOGEN INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC.

No. 99-0960.

233 Wis.2d 592 (2000)

2000 WI App 60

608 N.W.2d 746

KOHLER COMPANY, Petitioner-Respondent, v. SOGEN INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC., Helen Winter, Catharine Bemis Stayer, Barbara H. Loveland, John H. Strauss, Rita R. Strauss, Marie H. Kohler, John M. Kohler Trust f/b/o Marie H. Kohler, Julilly W. Kohler, John M. Kohler Trust f/b/o Julilly W. Kohler, Gillian B. Kohler, Robert E. Kohler, Jr., Victoria G. Kohler, Cathlin Deborah Kohler, Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Isbelle Miller and George M. Chester, Trustees of George Chester Residuary Trust, Smith Barney Incorporated, Verne R. Read, Trustee of Marian C. Read Residuary Trust, James F. and Mercedes C. Heyrman Revocable Trust, Marshall & Ilsley Trust, Willard and Eunice Kohlhagen, Dexter Defnet, Bonnie Kohl, Laurie Andruscavage, Patrick M. Wilson, ABNAMRO, Inc., a foreign corporation, Associated Bank Green Bay, N.A., as Trustee for Janet A. DeSpirito, Associated Bank Green Bay, N.A., as Trustee for Krueger International, Inc., Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan, Associated Bank Green Bay, N.A., as Trustee for John Rose, Sr., Associated Bank Green Bay, N.A., and Allan Ross as Trustees for the Thomas R. Nelson Trust, Frederick E. Baer, Bank America NT & SA, d/b a Seafirst Bank, as Trustee for the Rosebud Trust, Thomas J. Beno, M.D., as Trustee for Thomas J. Beno M.D. Revocable Trust, Gerald L. Buckley, Catherine Ann Calaway, Susan A. Hook Czarnocki and Sara E. Cartledge, Josephine P. Delorenzo as Trustee for Josephine P. Delorenzo Trust UAD, John A. Denis, Paul D. Dibley, DDS, S.C. as Trustee of Profit Sharing Plan & Trust, Michael D. Donovan as Trustee of Michael D. Donovan Rev. Living Trust, Quinn M. Donovan, Milton Duescher, Eugene W. Dwyer and Eileen M. Dwyer, George M. and Margaret E. Evans, Paul W. Fairchild, Jr., Clara Mae Felts, Orlin F. Felts, Carolyn L. Fey, Sara Fortune, Richard O. and Patricia P. Friday, Mary E. Gehr and Robert J. Gehr as Co-Trustees of the Mary E. Gehr Revocable Living Trust, Mary E. Gehr and Robert J. Gehr as Co-Trustees of the Robert J. Gehr Revocable Living Trust, Marvin Gerlikovski, Donald J. Heinzen, Scott D. Hendrickson, Dr. Harold J. Hoops, Jr., and Mrs. Frances Hoops, Susan K. James, Paul R. Johnson, Clarence M. and Juelaine Krahn, James F. Kress, Laurie A. Lamberg, Bonnie R. Laird, Benjamin W. Laird and William D. Laird, Dr. Frederick Joseph Lamont, Christopher Larson, M.D., and Randine Larson, Herbert C. Liebmann, Jr., and Marie V. Liebmann as Trustees for Herbert C. and Marie V. Liebmann Revocable Trust, Leonard C. Liebmann as Trustee of Leonard C. Liebmann Revocable Trust, Ruth Liebmann as Trustee for Ruth Liebmann Revocable Trust, John J. Mackin, Jr., Edward N. Martin, Margaret Ellen Martin, Mary Ellen Martin as Trustee for Margaret Martin Trust, Mary Ellen Neufeld Martin, Patrick Albert Martin and Mary Ellen Neufeld Martin, c/o Fiduciary Trust Company as Trustees for Mary Ellen Neufeld Martin Trust A, Patrick Albert Martin and Mary Ellen Neufeld Martin, c/o Fiduciary Trust Company as Trustees for Mary Ellen Neufeld Martin Trust B, Patrick Albert Martin and John C. Brogan as Trustees for Mary Ellen Neufeld Martin 1997 Supplemental Trust, Patrick Albert Martin, Christine E. Mayer, Marilyn Kane Miller, Herbert J. Mueller, E. Frederick Murphy, Elbridge N. Murphy, John G. Murphy, Janet C. Muth, Franklin Mutual Advisors, Inc., as Trustees for Mutual Discovery Fund, MV Partners, Frederick W. Neveu and Mercedes M. Neveu as Trustees for the Frederick W. Neveu and Mercedes M. Neveu Revocable Trust, Norbert & Company, c/o The Premonstratensian Fathers, Wayne R. Peterson, James W. Piette, Suzanne M. Piette, David Putz, Myron and Robert Rabinovitz, Michael C. and Jessica M. Raymaker as Trustees for Michael C. and Jessica M. Raymaker Trust/Raymaker Living Trust, Richard W. Ross and Ruth E. Ross, Bruce H. Ruoff, George Sarkis, Ronald A. and Janet M. Schauer, Robert T. Schmidt, M.D., as Trustee for Robert T. Schmidt, M.D., and Jane S. Schmidt Revocable Trust of 1990, Bank One Trust Company as Trustee for Verna C. Sharpe Revocable Trust, Gene H. Specht and Carol Ann Specht, Norwest Bank WI, National Association Investments and Trust as Trustee for Walter J. Koepsell, Jr., Family Trust, Alice B. Stayer, Dudley J. Godfrey, Jr., as one of the Trustees for Ralph C. Stayer Life Insurance Trust, Ralph F. Stayer, Jane F. Stoehr, Frances Stoll, Marjorie C. Stolz, Margaret Stovic, Ralph Stovic, Margery H. Uihlein, c/o The Glenora Company as Trustee for the Margery H. Uihlein Revocable Trust, Barbara Van Abel as Trustee of Stoll Family Trust, Merlin A. and Delores A. Vanderheiden, George and Aune A. Virt, Steven A. Virt, Michael L. Wagner, William M. Wesley, Jean A. Wielgus, Lloyd A. Wielgus, Frederick C. Wieting, Jr., and Kathleen A. Wieting, Rosa Wiza, John and Mary E. Martin Zellerbach as Trustees for Zellerbach Living Trust, dated 2/14/91, Separate JWZ, John and Mary E. Martin Zellerbach as Trustees for Zellerbach Living Trust, dated 2/14/91, Separate MEMZ, David K. Dunn, M.D., Edward F. Biedron, and Thelma Harwitz and Wm. H. Schield, Jr., as Trustees, Respondents-(In T. Ct.), SANBORN TUBE SALES OF WISCONSIN, INC., Intervening-Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the intervening-respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Kevin J. Lyons, David J. Hase and Michael J. Lund of Cook & Franke S.C. of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of W. Stuart Parsons, Kevin M. Long and Brian D. Winters of Quarles & Brady LLP of Milwaukee.

Before Brown, P.J., Nettesheim and Anderson, JJ.


¶ 1. ANDERSON, J.

Sanborn Tube Sales of Wisconsin, Inc. (Sanborn) appeals from a declaratory judgment finding that it waived its right to demand fair value payment from Kohler Company for its shares in that company. Sanborn intervened in Kohler's WIS. STAT. § 180.1330 (1997-98)1 special proceeding for a determination of the fair value of the shares Kohler sought to purchase from its shareholders. Sanborn argues that as an intervenor...

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