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.

• discussing that the company’s value should take into account the new strategy implemented by a majority shareholder before the minority was cashed-out
• holding that because management implemented the “Perelman Plan” after a first-step tender offer and before a second-step merger, the trial court was obligated to value the company’s operative reality at the time of the merger based on the Perelman Plan
• emphasizing that the appraisal statute requires the court to appraise fair value “as of the date of the merger”
• observing, in context of appraisal of publicly traded company following arm’s-length deal, that the “market price of shares may not be representative of fair value” (internal quotation marks omitted
• observing, in context of appraisal of publicly traded company following arm’s-length deal, that the “market price of shares may not be representative of fair value” (internal quotation marks omitted
• observing, in context of appraisal of publicly traded company following arm’s-length deal, that the “market price of shares may not be representative of fair value” (internal quotation marks omitted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Montgomery Cellular Holding Co. v. Dobler
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-08-01· cited 127×
• Golden Telecom, Inc. v. GLOBAL GT LP
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-12-29· cited 85×
• Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-06-28· cited 83×
• ASARCO LLC v. Americas Mining Corp.
  S.D. Texas· 2008-08-30· cited 81×
• Union Illinois 1995 Investment Ltd. Partnership v. Union Financial Group, Ltd.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2004-01-05· cited 79×
• M.P.M. Enterprises, Inc. v. Gilbert
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1999-06-25· cited 75×
• Delaware Open MRI Radiology Associates, P.A. v. Kessler
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2006-04-26· cited 60×
• DFC Global Corporation v. Muirfield Value Partners, L.P.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-08-01· cited 54×
• Onti, Inc. v. Integra Bank
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1999-07-01· cited 50×
• Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-07-07· cited 49×
• Hansen v. 75 Ranch Co.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1998-04-09· cited 46×
• Gonsalves v. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1997-10-21· cited 40×
• Paskill Corp. v. Alcoma Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-03-07· cited 29×
• Vortex v. denkewicz/engelhard
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2014-09-16· cited 29×
• Casey v. Brennan
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2001-08-01· cited 26×
• SFF-TIR, LLC v. Stephenson
  N.D. Oklahoma· 2017-04-25· cited 26×
• Gotham Partners, L.P. v. Hallwood Realty Partners, L.P.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2003-07-08· cited 23×
• Turner v. Bernstein
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2000-06-06· cited 22×
• Hogle v. Zinetics Medical, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2002-12-13· cited 19×
• Borruso v. Communications Telesystems International
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1999-09-24· cited 18×

Cites

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

• Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-02-01· cited 690×
• Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-01-18· cited 456×
• Rosenblatt v. Getty Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-05-09· cited 268×
• Cinerama, Inc. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-07-17· cited 242×
• Cavalier Oil Corp. v. Harnett
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-09-05· cited 154×
• Tri-Continental Corporation v. Battye
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1950-06-08· cited 132×
• Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-06-10· cited 127×
• Paramount Communications, Inc. v. Time Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-03-09· cited 105×
• Cinerama, Inc. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1994-10-12· cited 93×
• Goodrich v. E.F. Hutton Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-08-26· cited 89×
• Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-02-24· cited 72×
• In Re the Appraisal of Shell Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-05-26· cited 67×
• Summa Corp. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-04-04· cited 65×
• Rapid-American Corp. v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-01-23· cited 62×
• Alabama By-Products Corp. v. Neal
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-03-08· cited 60×
• Rothschild International Corp. v. Liggett Group Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-03-20· cited 52×
• Bell v. Kirby Lumber Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1980-02-20· cited 51×
• Kahn v. Household Acquisition Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-04-11· cited 50×
• In Re Radiology Associates, Inc. Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1991-11-01· cited 45×
• Application of Delaware Racing Ass'n
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1965-08-02· cited 36×