Ogus v. SportTechie, Inc.
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In 2012, Ogus cofounded the SportTechie website. Bloom volunteered as a writer. Eventually, both quit their other jobs. They formed an LLC with Bloom a 55.5% member, and Ogus a 45.5% member and sole manager. They hired Kaufman. Vintage and Oak View made financial investments. In 2016-2017 Ogus converted SportTechie from an LLC to a Delaware corporation and appointed three directors: Bloom, a Vintage representative, and Bodie, Oak View’s designee. A stockholders agreement gave SportTechie the right to repurchase Ogus’s equity interest if he were terminated. Bloom—SportTechie’s CEO— recommended firing Ogus for poor performance. A quorum of the board authorized the termination of his employment. SportTechie exercised its option to repurchase Ogus’s stock.
A chancellor dismissed Ogus's fiduciary duty and fraud claims challenging the stock repurchase and subsequently granted Bodie and Oak View summary judgment on a fraud claim, breach of fiduciary duty claims, an aiding and abetting claim, and a civil conspiracy claim. Those defendants had limited, innocuous roles in the relevant events. Bodie’s decision to sign the consent terminating Ogus is protected by the business judgment rule; there is no evidence of bad faith or self-interest. With no underlying breach of fiduciary duty claim, the aiding and abetting claim against Oak View and the civil conspiracy claim against Oak View and Bodie necessarily fail. As to Bloom and Kaufman, questions of material fact remain, precluding summary judgment on fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and civil conspiracy claims.
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