Connolly v. Gasmire

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting Abbott Labs-based argument that Delaware law allows knowledge of alleged defects in company’s internal controls and alleged violations to be “imputed generally” to company’s directors
• holding Texas law governs remedies and procedural matters
• holding Texas law governs remedies and procedural matters
• “The pleading standard for demand futility requires a fact-intensive, director-by-director analysis.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Huff Energy Fund, L.P. v. Longview Energy Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-11-25· cited 20×
• Lapiner v. Maimon
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2014-04-22· cited 8×
• in Re Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2013-09-30· cited 7×
• In Re Brick
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2011-11-07· cited 4×
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-04-22
• Richard M. Owen and Marsha Long Owen v. Option One Mortgage Corporation AKA Sand Canyon Corporation
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-07-28
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2015-11-25
• City of Warren Police and Fire Retirement System, and Janice Stewart v. Tenet Healthcare Corporation
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2020-09-28
• Bill Carey and Chantal Carey, Individually and as Trustee for the Smith Moore Williams Historical Trust v. Mosser Law PLLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2024-07-31
• Reginald Allen v. Bell Textron Inc
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2026-06-04

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-12-04· cited 6,606×
• Aronson v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-03-01· cited 1,206×
• Brehm v. Eisner
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-02-09· cited 877×
• Rales v. Blasband Ex Rel. Easco Hand Tools, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-12-23· cited 768×
• Stone v. Ritter
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2006-11-06· cited 398×
• Beam Ex Rel. M. Stewart Living v. Stewart
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-03-31· cited 368×
• Orman v. Cullman
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2002-03-01· cited 318×
• Spiegel v. Buntrock
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-03-19· cited 293×
• Guttman v. Huang
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2003-05-05· cited 257×
• Desimone v. Barrows
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2007-06-07· cited 190×
• Friesenhahn v. Ryan
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-01-16· cited 166×
• Adams v. First National Bank of Bells/Savoy
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2005-01-25· cited 156×
• Ryan v. Gifford
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2007-02-06· cited 156×
• Braddock v. Zimmerman
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2006-09-12· cited 112×
• In Re Abbott Laboratories Derivative Shareholders Litigation
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-05-27· cited 102×
• In Re the Walt Disney Co. Derivative Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2003-05-28· cited 93×
• Cole v. Hall
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1993-07-27· cited 76×
• Kohls v. Duthie
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2000-07-26· cited 18×
• In Re Biopure Corp. Derivative Litigation
  D. Massachusetts· 2006-03-28· cited 13×
• Moonlight Investments, Ltd. v. John
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2006-06-15· cited 12×