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Trump Plaza -- board sued by shareholder

Started by NWT
about 14 years ago
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The board of this land-lease co-op is being sued by 14B, alleging price-fixing. She says the board's exercise of its business judgement in rejecting a $675K sale wasn't reasonable. The court rejected the board's motion to dismiss, so the case will proceed. Decision is at http://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/fcas_docs/2011OCT/3001022822011001SCIV.pdf
Response by Riversider
about 14 years ago
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Didn't ready the docket, but assume the plaintiff has a seep uphill climb ahead. Not agreeing to dismiss is a lot different than saying the case has merit.

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Response by Socialist
about 14 years ago
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15B is currently listed at $695,000, so it looks like the shareholder has a strong case.

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Response by NWT
about 14 years ago
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We'll see how it pans out. The judge could've just said "Tough tittie. Business judgement rule rules." That she didn't means she thinks it *could* have merit, which is saying a lot.

More interesting details in a e-mail attached to http://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/fcas_docs/2011JUN/3001022822011002SCIV.pdf

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Response by peanutian
about 11 years ago
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Response by Michael7
about 11 years ago
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Member since: Dec 2007

Anybody know what actually happened with the court case three years ago, it looks like she sold the apt to the coop? Did she win?

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Response by NWT
about 11 years ago
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It was settled in November 2012.

In 2013 she sued her lender, saying that when she went into default the lender padlocked the apartment, leaving her no choice but to sell to the co-op for a lousy $400,000. That case was dismissed, but her complaint has a history of the co-op case: https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=6Gz3uHOlWLVIiuW7VfyWwg==&system=prod

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Response by Michael7
about 11 years ago
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so it was never actually auctioned, she just agreed to sell it to the coop for 400k, a year after suing them for rejecting a 675K buyer. I wonder what she got in the first settlement.

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