Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that shareholder had standing to pursue a breach of fiduciary duty claim seeking rescissory damages while also pursuing appraisal remedy
• noting that the petitioner invested two years into litigating its appraisal claim before using discovery adduced in the appraisal action to file its follow-on claim for breach of fiduciary duty
• refusing to dismiss fraud claim where the plaintiff originally elected to pursue an appraisal remedy
• finding a former shareholder could assert a “private cause of action premised upon a claim of unfair dealing, illegality, or fraud”
• discussing how the evaluation of fair price is appropriately conducted as of the day of the transaction in question, including all relevant information then available
• noting that plenary action could render appraisal proceeding moot

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bayberry Associates v. Jones
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1990-01-22· cited 418×
• 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×
• In re Trados Inc. Shareholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2013-08-16· cited 161×
• Cavalier Oil Corp. v. Harnett
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-09-05· cited 154×
• In re Orchard Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-02-28· cited 127×
• Reis v. Hazelett Strip-Casting Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2011-02-01· cited 126×
• Alfred Blasband v. Steven M. Rales Mitchell P. Rales John Doe 1-10 Danaher Corporation, Alfred Blasband, Derivatively on Behalf of Danaher Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1992-07-31· cited 121×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 2000-04-21· cited 104×
• Aspen Advisors LLC v. United Artists Theatre Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-11-23· cited 103×
• Dell, Inc. v. Magnetar Global Event Driven Master Fund Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-12-14· cited 85×
• Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-06-28· cited 83×
• Union Illinois 1995 Investment Ltd. Partnership v. Union Financial Group, Ltd.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2004-01-05· cited 79×
• Bomarko, Inc. v. International Telecharge, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1999-11-16· cited 74×
• Nagy v. Bistricer
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2000-11-22· cited 68×
• Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-10-21· cited 63×
• Rapid-American Corp. v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-01-23· cited 62×
• In Re Valuation of Common Stock of McLoon Oil Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1989-11-03· cited 60×
• Alabama By-Products Corp. v. Neal
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-03-08· cited 60×
• Alabama By-Products Corp. v. Cede & Co. Ex Rel. Shearson Lehman Bros.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-04-27· cited 59×

Cites

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

• Basic Inc. v. Levinson
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-07· cited 3,007×
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-03· cited 2,250×
• Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-02-01· cited 690×
• Rabkin v. Philip A. Hunt Chemical Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-09-23· cited 141×
• Tri-Continental Corporation v. Battye
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1950-06-08· cited 132×
• Bershad v. Curtiss-Wright Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-12-30· cited 125×
• Bokat v. Getty Oil Company
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1970-01-15· cited 106×
• Coca Cola Co. v. Pepsi-Cola Co.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1934-04-16· cited 99×
• Lynch v. Vickers Energy Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1977-10-18· cited 94×
• Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Francis I. duPont & Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1975-01-20· cited 47×
• La Chemise Lacoste v. Alligator Co.
  D. Delaware· 1973-06-04· cited 40×
• Canaday v. Superior Court
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1955-11-30· cited 38×
• Braasch v. Goldschmidt
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1964-04-15· cited 36×
• Southern Production Co. v. Sabath
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1952-03-12· cited 33×
• Dofflemyer v. W.F. Hall Printing Co.
  D. Delaware· 1983-01-28· cited 31×
• Felder v. Anderson, Clayton & Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1960-03-24· cited 28×
• Kaye v. Pantone, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1978-11-13· cited 27×
• Taormina v. Taormina Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1951-02-07· cited 21×
• Joseph v. Shell Oil Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1985-01-08· cited 15×
• Hannigan v. Italo Petroleum Corp. of America
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1935-09-19· cited 10×