VEBLEN DIST. v. MULTI-COMMUNITY CO-OP.

No. 26097.

813 N.W.2d 161 (2012)

2012 S.D. 26

VEBLEN DISTRICT, Jerry Pierson Clarice Blaeser, Don L. Monson, Scott Nickeson, Ron Nickeson, Gerry Person, Ralph Keintz, Leroy Aadland, Carman Lien, and Gerald Heitmann, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MULTI-COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE DAIRY, Defendant, and Richard Millner, Individually and as General Manager, Aaron Anderson, Individually and as a Director, Matthew Millner, Individually and as a Director, Dennis Pherson, Jr., Individually and as a Director, Jordan Hill, Individually and as an Officer, Wayne Viessman, Individually and as an Officer, Michael Wyum, Individually and as an Officer, and Duane Baldwin, Individually and as an Officer, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Sandven , Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorney for plaintiffs and appellants.

Reed Rasmussen of Siegel, Barnett and Schutz, LLP, Aberdeen, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendants and appellees.


GILBERTSON, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] Minority shareholders (Plaintiffs) brought this action against majority shareholders (Defendants), individually and as officers or directors of Multi-Community Cooperative Dairy (MCC Dairy). Plaintiffs appeal the circuit court's grant of Defendants' motion for summary judgment on the issues of: (1) minority shareholder oppression; (2) breach of fiduciary duties; (3) tortious interference; (4) restraint of trade or commerce; ...

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