Eshleman v. Keenan

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• rejecting request by defendants for an indivíduál recovery that would reduce their aggregate liability
• “That courts have the power in proper cases to compel the directors to declare a dividend, is sustained by respectable authorities.”

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Cited by

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

• Kroese v. General Steel Castings Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1950-01-31· cited 62×
• Central Ry. Signal Co. v. Longden
  Seventh Circuit· 1952-03-14· cited 55×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1976-09-01· cited 47×
• Mendel v. Carroll
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1994-06-17· cited 30×
• Meyerson v. El Paso Natural Gas Company
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1967-07-27· cited 28×
• In re El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. Derivative Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-12-02· cited 27×
• Gabelli & Co. v. Liggett Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-05-29· cited 26×
• Overfield v. Pennroad Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1943-01-19· cited 18×
• Baron v. Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1975-04-22· cited 16×
• In Re Maxxam, Inc./fed. Dev. Shareholders
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1996-09-10· cited 16×
• Burton v. Exxon Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1984-04-18· cited 14×
• Moskowitz v. Bantrell
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1963-04-19· cited 12×
• Treves v. Menzies
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1958-06-11· cited 11×
• Moskowitz v. Bantrell
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1963-04-19· cited 10×
• Gabelli & Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan v. Liggett Group, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1982-04-08· cited 6×
• Leibert v. Grinnell Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1963-10-04· cited 4×
• Kroese v. General Steel Castings Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1949-06-20· cited 3×
• In Re Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad
  Third Circuit· 1976-09-01· cited 2×
• Leibert v. Grinnell Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1963-10-04
• Buckley Family Trust v. Charles Patrick McCleary
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-03-31

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cantor v. Sachs
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1932-06-14· cited 66×
• Brown v. DeYoung
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1897-06-23· cited 53×
• Voorhees v. Mason
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1910-04-21· cited 29×
• Ainscow v. Sanitary Co. of America
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1935-07-05· cited 18×
• Eshleman v. Keenan
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1936-07-08· cited 18×
• Avery v. Central Bank
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1909-05-31· cited 14×
• Harris v. Pearsall
  New York Supreme Court· 1921-08-15· cited 10×

Other cases named Eshleman v. Keenan

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Eshleman v. Keenan
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1936-07-08· cited 18×
• Eshleman v. Keenan
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1935-10-30· cited 7×