Benson v. RMJ Securities Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a “shareholder, officer and director of a closely held corporation, is under a duty ‘to deal fairly, in good faith, and with loyalty’ to the corporation and other shareholders”
• “It is for a jury to determine whether, in light of all the circumstances, including … the course of dealing of the [] shareholders and the ongoing negotiations…, the [] transaction was fair, meeting the fiduciary obligations that the law imposes...”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Highlands Insurance Company v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-08-19· cited 124×
• EMF General Contracting Corp. v. Bisbee
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2004-03-25· cited 68×
• American Federal Group, Ltd. And Dennis A. Herman, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Barnett Rothenberg, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1998-02-06· cited 64×
• Recurrent Capital Bridge Fund I, LLC v. ISR Systems & Sensors Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2012-06-25· cited 31×
• Rosiny v. Schmidt
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1992-08-06· cited 26×
• International Business MacHines Corp. v. Martson
  S.D. New York· 1999-02-05· cited 17×
• Rose A. Davidson v. Belcor, Inc., Aargus Polybag Co., Inc., M. Douglas Caffey and Robert Davidson
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-06-05· cited 15×
• Lawrence v. Cohn
  S.D. New York· 1996-07-12· cited 15×
• Glendora v. Malone
  S.D. New York· 1996-02-26· cited 15×
• Inter-County Resources, Inc. v. Medical Resources, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1999-05-25· cited 10×
• Innovative Networks, Inc. v. Young
  S.D. New York· 1997-09-17· cited 8×
• Cuomo v. Barr
  N.D. New York· 1993-02-09· cited 7×
• Grace v. Rosenstock
  E.D. New York· 1998-10-29· cited 7×
• Oligbo v. Louis (In Re Oligbo)
  E.D. New York· 2005-04-28· cited 4×
• Ferolito v. Vultaggio
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-11-18· cited 4×
• In re the Estate of Katz
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1989-03-17· cited 3×
• Chase v. Columbia National Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1994-05-24· cited 1×
• Mary Catherine Marshall v. Kevin Mac William
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-07-17

Cites

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

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Allen v. Wright
  Supreme Court· 1984-09-18· cited 4,763×
• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores
  Supreme Court· 1975-10-06· cited 2,261×
• Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 1,751×
• Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-23· cited 1,218×
• Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court· 1971-11-08· cited 948×
• Birnbaum v. Newport Steel Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1952-01-10· cited 575×
• Heckler v. Mathews
  Supreme Court· 1984-03-05· cited 473×
• Schering Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Home Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1983-06-21· cited 335×
• James O. Quarles v. General Motors Corporation (Motors Holding Division)
  Second Circuit· 1985-03-27· cited 326×
• Richard D. BENNETT and Carole A. Bennett, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Defendant-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1985-08-09· cited 318×
• Schoenbaum v. Firstbrook
  Second Circuit· 1968-12-30· cited 229×
• Mallis v. Bankers Trust Co.
  Second Circuit· 1980-01-25· cited 183×
• Goldberg v. Meridor
  Second Circuit· 1977-09-08· cited 162×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,780 Harold J. O'Brien v. Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, a National Banking Association
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-04-05· cited 134×
• Kirshner v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1978-11-30· cited 133×
• The Home Insurance Company v. The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and Diamond Shamrock Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1976-01-13· cited 123×
• Brody v. Guercio
  Supreme Court· 1988-01-19· cited 116×
• Gordon v. Bialystoker Center & Bikur Cholim, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1978-12-06· cited 114×