LIEN v. LIEN

Nos. 22621, 22622, 22636, 22640.

674 N.W.2d 816 (2004)

2004 SD 8

Bruce H. LIEN, on behalf of himself individually, and Bruce H. Lien, on behalf of other shareholders of Pete Lien & Sons, Inc., a South Dakota corporation acting on a shareholder derivative basis, Plaintiff and Appellee (# 22621, 22622, Notice of Review # 22636), Plaintiff and Appellant (# 22640), v. Charles H. LIEN, Peter C. Lien, Sandra J. Lien, and Pete Lien & Sons, Inc., a South Dakota corporation, Defendants and Appellants (# 22621), Defendants and Appellees (# 22640), and Edwin L. Hubbeling, Jerrold L. Brown, and Peter S. Birrenkott, individually and in their capacity as directors of Pete Lien & Sons, Inc., a South Dakota corporation, Defendants and Appellees (# 22640), and Barbara Jeanne Lien, Julie Anne Rathbun, Larece Lien-Shattuck, Melanie Lien Palm, Elizabeth Lucille Lien, Suzanne Lien Gabrielson, Christian B. Lien and Stephanie Anne Lien, Defendants in Intervention and Appellants (# 22622), Defendants in Intervention and Appellees (# 22640).

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Stanton of DeMersseman, Jensen, Christianson, Stanton, & Huffman, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellee Bruce H. Lien (# 22621, 22622, Notice of Review # 22636) and plaintiff and appellant Bruce H. Lien (# 22640).

Jeffrey G. Hurd of Bangs, McCullen, Butler, Foye & Simmons, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendants and appellants Charles H. Lien, Peter C. Lien, Sandra J. Lien and Pete Lien & Sons, Inc. (# 22621) and defendants and appellees Charles H. Lien, Peter C. Lien, Sandra J. Lien and Pete Lien & Sons, Inc. (# 22640).

Larry M. Von Wald of Beardsley, Jensen & Von Wald, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendants and appellees Edwin L. Hubbeling, Jerrold L. Brown and Peter S. Birrenkott (# 22640).

Barton R. Banks of Banks, Johnson, Colbath, Sumner & Kappelman, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendants in intervention and appellants Barbara Jeanne Lien, Julie Anne Rathbun, Larece Lien-Shattuck, Melanie Lien Palm, Elizabeth Lucille Lien, Suzanne Lien Gabrielson, Christian B. Lien and Stephanie Anne Lien (# 22622) and defendants in intervention and appellees Barbara Jeanne Lien, Julie Anne Rathbun, Larece Lien-Shattuck, Melanie Lien Palm, Elizabeth Lucille Lien, Suzanne Lien Gabrielson, Christian B. Lien and Stephanie Anne Lien (# 22640).


TIEDE, Circuit Judge.

INTRODUCTION

[¶ 1.] In this consolidated appeal we address: 1) the trial court's grant of partial summary judgment concerning shareholder deadlock; 2) the equitable remedy fashioned by the trial court as a result of the shareholder deadlock; 3) the trial court's dismissal of various causes of action with prejudice; and 4) the trial court's grant of a protective order and decision quashing a subpoena duces tecum. We reverse the...

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