Brown v. Tenney

How courts have described this case

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

• “[G]enerally in a case such as that before us, where the majority of directors are themselves involved in the matters complained of, it is evident that a demand would be unavailing and therefore can be excused.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Brown v. Tenney
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-12-06· cited 78×
• Miller v. Thomas
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-09-22· cited 30×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Goldstein v. Groesbeck
  Second Circuit· 1944-04-07· cited 93×
• Martin v. D. B. Martin Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1913-10-28· cited 37×
• Gaillard v. Natomas Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-10-18· cited 30×
• Hirshhorn v. Mine Safety Appliances Co.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1944-03-13· cited 23×
• Conway v. Conners
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-10-15· cited 22×
• United States Lines, Inc. v. United States Lines Co.
  Second Circuit· 1938-04-04· cited 17×
• Sabre v. United Traction & Electric Co.
  D. Rhode Island· 1915-06-01· cited 15×
• Busch v. Mary A. Riddle Co.
  D. Delaware· 1922-06-08· cited 10×
• Kennedy v. Nicastro
  N.D. Illinois· 1981-07-08· cited 9×
• Breswick & Co. v. Harrison-Rye Realty Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1952-06-23· cited 9×
• Kaufman v. Wolfson
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1956-05-15· cited 6×
• Birch v. McColgan
  S.D. California· 1941-06-09· cited 5×
• Schneider v. Greater M. & S. Circuit, Inc.
  New York Supreme Court· 1932-08-15· cited 5×
• Sheehan v. Municipal Light & Power Co.
  S.D. New York· 1943-04-21· cited 5×
• Krausman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1932-11-18· cited 3×
• Foster v. Hubbell-Coligni Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1952-06-23· cited 1×