Allen v. Wilkerson

How courts have described this case

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

• for limitations to run against corporation's right of action against director, there must be notice to disinterested majority of board of directors
• “It thus appears that if the trial fact finder found any one of the following facts, such would be decisive against [Allen’s] limitation plea[.]”
• “[Wjhere ... the corporation is de facto powerless to sue on such cause of action because of the lack of a disinterested majority of its board, mere notice to shareholders does not start running of limitations against the corporate cause of action.”

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Cited by

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

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Receiver of Texas Investment Bank v. Rockleigh S. Dawson, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-10-21· cited 169×
• Hecht v. Resolution Trust Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-01-11· cited 149×
• Federal Sav. and Loan Ins. Corp. v. Williams
  D. Maryland· 1984-12-05· cited 80×
• Gearhart Industries, Inc. v. Smith International, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-08-31· cited 79×
• Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Howse
  S.D. Texas· 1990-05-04· cited 71×
• Resolution Trust Corp. v. Grant
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1995-06-27· cited 65×
• Resolution Trust Corporation, as Receiver of Jasper Federal Savings & Loan Association v. John H. Seale
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-03-02· cited 54×
• Alexander v. Sanford
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-05-12· cited 37×
• Rimco Enterprises, Inc. v. Texas Electric Service Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-05-08· cited 33×
• Clark v. Milam
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-12-08· cited 32×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1984-08-31· cited 30×
• Regal Construction Co. v. Hansel
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1979-11-29· cited 27×
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. John Henderson, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-08-21· cited 20×
• Newman v. Toy
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1996-08-28· cited 20×
• Resolution Trust Corp. v. Hecht
  D. Maryland· 1992-07-27· cited 16×
• Askanase v. Fatjo
  S.D. Texas· 1993-07-21· cited 14×
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Nathan
  S.D. Texas· 1992-10-01· cited 11×
• Prinz v. Dutschmann
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1984-09-18· cited 3×
• Resolution Trust Corp. v. Phelps
  S.D. Texas· 1994-08-18· cited 1×
• Resolution Trust Corp. v. Acton
  N.D. Texas· 1993-07-06· cited 1×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• International Bankers Life Insurance Co. v. Holloway
  Texas Supreme Court· 1963-04-24· cited 422×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Texas Supreme Court· 1942-12-16· cited 202×
• McWilliams v. Muse
  Texas Supreme Court· 1957-04-10· cited 86×
• Parker v. Bethel Hotel Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1896-02-22· cited 81×
• Carpenter v. Bell
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1896-02-26· cited 81×
• Mrs. Baird's Bread Company v. Hearn
  Texas Supreme Court· 1957-03-27· cited 65×
• Sellers v. Greer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1898-04-21· cited 42×
• Popperman v. Rest Haven Cemetery, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1961-04-19· cited 35×
• Grant v. A. B. Leach & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1930-01-06· cited 33×
• Ortiz Oil Co. v. Railroad Commission
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1933-06-29· cited 20×
• Robins v. Sandford
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1930-06-28· cited 15×
• Goldberg v. Berry
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1930-12-26· cited 13×
• Felty v. National Oil Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1941-10-29· cited 12×
• Narrell v. First Nat. Bank of Temple
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1951-06-06· cited 3×
• American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc. v. Frye
  New York Court of Appeals· 1960-07-08· cited 2×
• Brand v. R. W. Briggs & Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1935-01-23· cited 1×
• Janner v. Langdeau
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1958-10-29· cited 1×

Other cases named Allen v. Wilkerson

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Allen v. Wilkerson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1896-06-08· cited 1×
• Allen v. Wilkerson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-01-17