Abercrombie v. Davies

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• shareholders' contract which removed power from board of directors to manage firm held invalid
• shareholders’ contract which removed power from board of directors to manage firm held invalid
• “A review of the Delaware decisions upon the subject of voting trusts shows that our courts have indicated that one essential feature that characterizes a voting trust is the separation of the voting rights of the stock from the other attributes of ownership.”

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Cited by

29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Grimes v. Donald
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-04-11· cited 233×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1998-04-29· cited 73×
• Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. v. Shapiro
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1998-12-31· cited 54×
• Signal Oil & Gas Co. v. Ashland Oil & Refining Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1958-02-25· cited 42×
• Aveta Inc. v. Cavallieri
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2010-09-20· cited 29×
• Foltz v. U.S. News & World Report, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 1987-06-22· cited 27×
• Lehrman v. Cohen
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1966-07-08· cited 21×
• Tankersley v. Albright
  N.D. Illinois· 1974-02-05· cited 19×
• Chapin v. Benwood Foundation, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1979-06-05· cited 18×
• In Re Farm Industries, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1963-11-20· cited 15×
• Oceanic Exploration Co. v. Grynberg
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1981-02-26· cited 13×
• Galler v. Galler
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1964-01-07· cited 9×
• Alpha Capital Anstalt v. Oxysure Systems, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2016-11-02· cited 9×
• Jewels Companies, Inc. v. Pay Less Drug Stores Northwest, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-09-05· cited 5×
• ConAgra, Inc. v. Cargill, Inc.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1986-03-07· cited 5×
• Abercrombie v. Davies
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1957-05-02· cited 5×
• Tankersley v. Albright
  N.D. Illinois· 1974-03-05· cited 4×
• Conservative Caucus Research, Analysis & Education Foundation, Inc. v. Chevron Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1987-03-17· cited 1×
• Grynberg v. Burke
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1979-12-11· cited 1×
• Clinton v. Aspinwall
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2025-07-29· cited 1×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Perry v. Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1937-05-04· cited 33×
• In re the E. N. Chilson for a Summary Order for Election of Directors of Public Industrials Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1933-07-27· cited 30×
• Peyton v. William C. Peyton Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1937-08-04· cited 13×
• Tracey v. Franklin
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1948-11-03· cited 9×
• Smith v. Biggs Boiler Works Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1951-07-06· cited 7×

Other cases named Abercrombie v. Davies

8 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Abercrombie v. Davies
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1956-06-20· cited 37×
• Abercrombie v. Davies
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1955-11-18· cited 8×
• Abercrombie v. Davies
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1955-11-18· cited 6×
• Abercrombie v. Davies
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1957-05-02· cited 5×
• Abercrombie v. Davies
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1957-05-02· cited 4×
• Abercrombie v. Davies
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1956-09-28· cited 1×
• Abercrombie v. Davies
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1956-09-28· cited 1×
• Abercrombie v. Davies
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1957-06-28