Americas Mining Corp. v. Theriault

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the defendants contended that a stock-for-stock merger would increase the number of outstanding shares, which 19 would “improve stockholder liquidity, generate more analyst exposure, and create a more efficient market for Southern Peru shares”
• identifying benefit achieved as “the first and most important of the Sugarland factors”
• “When a transaction involving self-dealing by a controlling shareholder is challenged, the applicable standard of judicial review is entire fairness, with the defendants having the burden of persuasion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• RBC Capital Markets, LLC v. Jervis
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-11-30· cited 202×
• Leal v. Meeks
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-05-14· cited 169×
• Kahn v. M & F Worldwide Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-03-14· cited 165×
• Quadrant Structured Products Company, Ltd. v. Vertin
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-10-01· cited 135×
• In re Orchard Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-02-28· cited 127×
• Gatz Properties, LLC v. Auriga Capital Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-11-07· cited 119×
• Gerber v. Enterprise Products Holdings, LLC
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-06-10· cited 109×
• In re MFW Shareholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2013-05-29· cited 103×
• Chen v. Howard-Anderson
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-04-08· cited 99×
• In re Rural Metro Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-03-07· cited 92×
• Carsanaro v. Bloodhound Technologies, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2013-03-15· cited 91×
• In re Activision Blizzard, Inc. Stockholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-05-20· cited 74×
• NAF Holdings, LLC v. Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-06-24· cited 58×
• In re Rural/Metro Corporation Stockholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-10-10· cited 54×
• Bank of New York Mellon v. Commerzbank Capital Funding Trust II
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-03-19· cited 34×
• United Technologies Corp. v. Treppel
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-12-23· cited 22×
• Maz Partners LP v. Shear (In Re PHC, Inc. S'holder Litig.)
  First Circuit· 2018-07-02· cited 17×
• NAF Holdings, LLC v. Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 2014-11-19· cited 16×
• Lum v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-09-19· cited 12×
• SFF-TIR, LLC v. Stephenson
  N.D. Oklahoma· 2017-08-29· cited 9×

Cites

53 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Blum v. Stenson
  Supreme Court· 1984-03-21· cited 7,642×
• Michigan v. Long
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 3,763×
• Trustees v. Greenough
  Supreme Court· 1882-05-18· cited 1,026×
• Boeing Co. v. Van Gemert
  Supreme Court· 1980-02-19· cited 897×
• In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John a
  Third Circuit· 1995-04-17· cited 850×
• In Re: The Prudential Insurance Company Of America Sales Practices Litigation
  Third Circuit· 1998-07-23· cited 840×
• Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-02-01· cited 690×
• Tooley v. Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-04-02· cited 479×
• Beam Ex Rel. M. Stewart Living v. Stewart
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-03-31· cited 368×
• Emerald Partners v. Berlin
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1999-03-16· cited 343×
• Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-06-10· cited 322×
• Kahn v. Lynch Communication Systems, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-04-05· cited 299×
• Rosenblatt v. Getty Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-05-09· cited 268×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2000-07-27· cited 267×
• In Re Rite Aid Corporation Securities Litigation Class Member/objector Walter Kaufmann
  Third Circuit· 2005-02-25· cited 247×
• Cinerama, Inc. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-07-17· cited 242×
• Kramer v. Western Pacific Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-08-22· cited 231×
• Johnston v. Arbitrium (Cayman Islands) Handels AG
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1998-11-19· cited 166×
• Emerald Partners v. Berlin
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-11-28· cited 149×
• Gentile v. Rossette
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2006-08-17· cited 149×