Brinckerhoff v. Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that a similar provision in a limited partnership agreement was “an ‘express standard’ that replaces default fiduciary rules”
• assessing strength of derivative claims for which standing was extinguished by merger when evaluating fairness of settlement
• approving payment of $100,000 to lead plaintiff who spent approximately 1,000 hours assisting with litigation
• awarding a $100,000 fee to the lead plaintiff out of his counsel’s award where the plaintiff “spent approximately 1,000 hours assisting on the litigation”
• “Perfection is an unattainable standard that Delaware law does not require, even in a transaction with a controller.”
• failure by special committee’s financial advisor to value derivative action “as a non-operating asset” weighed against finding that merger price was fair

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Kahn v. M & F Worldwide Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-03-14· cited 165×
• Allen v. El Paso Pipeline GP Company, L.L.C.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-06-20· cited 133×
• El Paso Pipeline GP Company, LLC v. Brinckerhoff
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-12-20· cited 125×
• Norton v. K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-05-28· cited 124×
• 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×
• In re Trulia, Inc. Stockholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2016-01-22· cited 66×
• In re Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Shareholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2011-04-29· cited 57×
• Brinckerhoff v. Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-03-20· cited 55×
• Asb Allegiance Real Estate Fund v. Scion Breckenridge Managing Member, LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2012-07-09· cited 45×
• In Re Revlon, Inc. Shareholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2010-03-16· cited 32×
• Quadrant Structured Products Company, Ltd. v. Vertin
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-05-04· cited 31×
• In re El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. Derivative Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-12-02· cited 27×
• Ross-Williams v. Bennett
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2018-04-27· cited 22×
• Lewis v. Gansler
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2012-04-25· cited 4×
• FBI Wind Down, Inc. Liquidating Trust ex rel. Halperin v. Heritage Home Group, LLC
  D. Delaware· 2017-05-16· cited 1×
• Brinckherhoff v. TEXAS EASTERN PRODUCTS
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2010-01-15
• Eli Lilly and Company v. VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
  S.D. Indiana· 2011-02-14
• In Re Orchard Enterprises, Inc. Stockholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-08-22
• Reybold Venture Group XVI LLC v. Cresswell
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2014-11-26

Cites

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

• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Epstein
  Supreme Court· 1996-02-27· cited 497×
• Tooley v. Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-04-02· cited 479×
• In Re Caremark International Inc. Derivative Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1996-09-25· cited 387×
• William Weinberger v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.
  First Circuit· 1991-02-11· cited 259×
• Barkan v. Amsted Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-12-18· cited 209×
• Lewis v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-04-18· cited 156×
• Tandycrafts, Inc. v. Initio Partners
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-07-03· cited 94×
• Goodrich v. E.F. Hutton Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-08-26· cited 89×
• Polk v. Good
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-03-10· cited 86×
• Sugarland Industries, Inc. v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1980-05-29· cited 85×
• Nottingham Partners v. Dana
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-08-29· cited 63×
• In Re Cox Communications, Inc. Shareholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2005-06-06· cited 60×
• Rome v. Archer
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1964-01-14· cited 54×
• City Capital Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Interco Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1988-11-01· cited 41×
• In Re Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-03-27· cited 34×
• Merritt v. Colonial Foods, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1986-01-07· cited 30×
• Gelfman v. Weeden Investors, L.P.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2001-08-23· cited 27×
• Andra v. Blount
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2000-03-29· cited 26×
• In Re MCA, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1991-04-22· cited 24×
• UniSuper Ltd. v. News Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2006-05-31· cited 15×