Cheff v. Mathes

How courts have described this case

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

• directors actions in averting takeover will be upheld by court if reasonable and taken in good faith
• directors actions in averting take over will be upheld by court if reasonable and taken in good faith

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ruth Panter v. Marshall Field & Co., Richard Weiss v. Marshall Field & Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1981-07-06· cited 269×
• Mills Acquisition Co. v. MacMillan, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-05-03· cited 245×
• Johnson v. Trueblood
  Third Circuit· 1980-07-31· cited 134×
• Cheff v. Mathes
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1964-03-17· cited 83×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,297 Charles Heit v. Walter S. Baird
  First Circuit· 1977-12-29· cited 73×
• Dudley Warren Schilling, Cross v. J. A. Belcher, Sr., Cross Dudley Warren Schilling v. J. A. Belcher, Sr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-10-27· cited 72×
• Heckmann v. Ahmanson
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-05-14· cited 49×
• The Herald Company, (Cross-Appellant) v. Donald R. Seawell, (Cross-Appellees)
  Tenth Circuit· 1972-12-29· cited 36×
• Treco, Inc. And Wisconsin Real Estate Investment Trust, Cross-Appellants v. Land of Lincoln Savings and Loan, Cross-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-11-14· cited 32×
• Crane Co. v. Harsco Corp.
  D. Delaware· 1981-03-13· cited 23×
• Asarco Inc. v. Court
  D. New Jersey· 1985-05-06· cited 19×
• Panter v. Marshall Field & Co.
  N.D. Illinois· 1980-03-03· cited 18×
• Buckhorn, Inc. v. Ropak Corp.
  S.D. Ohio· 1987-02-11· cited 14×
• Schroder v. Scotten, Dillon Company
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1972-11-10· cited 14×
• Gottesman v. General Motors Corporation
  S.D. New York· 1967-12-13· cited 12×
• Crouse-Hinds Co. v. Internorth, Inc.
  N.D. New York· 1980-10-25· cited 7×
• Citron v. Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1979-10-09· cited 6×
• Jewels Companies, Inc. v. Pay Less Drug Stores Northwest, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-09-05· cited 5×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 1980-11-17· cited 3×
• Great Western United Corporation v. Kidwell
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-08-10· cited 1×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Blish v. Thompson Automatic Arms Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1948-12-07· cited 93×
• Bennett v. Propp
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1962-12-28· cited 56×
• Kors v. Carey
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1960-02-18· cited 48×
• Martin v. American Potash & Chemical Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1952-10-30· cited 48×
• Korsn v. Carey
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1960-02-18· cited 40×
• In re the Receivership of International Radiator Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1914-10-20· cited 38×
• Graham v. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1963-01-24· cited 37×
• Karasik v. Pacific Eastern Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1935-08-06· cited 35×
• Yasik v. Harry Wachtel & Diamond State Brewery, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1941-01-13· cited 33×
• Andersen v. Albert & J. M. Anderson Manufacturing Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1950-02-09· cited 30×
• Stankovich v. Lehman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1963-01-18· cited 23×
• Hall v. Trans-Lux Daylight Picture Screen Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1934-02-15· cited 20×
• Smith v. Good Music Station, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1957-01-30· cited 15×
• Bankers Securities Corporation v. Kresge Department Stores
  D. Delaware· 1944-02-29· cited 4×