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· 5/6/1969

Downing Development Corp. v. Brazelton

Citations

  • 252 A.2d 849
  • 253 Md. 390
  • 1969 Md. LEXIS 973

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the statutory requirement that a two-thirds majority of stockholders approve a sale of substantial corporate assets was incorporated into the proposed sale agreement
  • holding that the statutory requirement that a two-thirds majority of stockholders approve a sale of substantial corporate assets was incorporated into the proposed sale agreement
  • holding that dismissal of action was not error when written opinion “delineated in some detail” rights of parties and reasons for court’s holding
  • contract to sell virtually all assets entered without statutorily required shareholder approval was “invalid and of no legal effect”
  • corporate resolution purportedly authorizing sale gave no indication that an offer to purchase had been submitted to the directors
  • contract for sale of corporate assets

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Judges: Hammond, Marbury, Barnes, McWilliams, Finan, Singley

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