Fasciana v. Electronic Data Systems Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a series of Court of Chancery decisions declined to award fees- for-fees, citing justifications including the American Rule
• holding corporation required to pay “fees for fees” in connection with actions to enforce 5 See Yukos Capital S.A.R.L. v. Feldman, 2016 WL 183360, at (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 11, 2016
• awarding fees-on-fees proportionate to the plaintiff’s success in prosecuting an advancement action
• “When . . . the corporation wrongfully refuses to honor the official’s advancement request, and, as a result, the official needs to bring a § 145 claim to enforce his contractual right, then . . . reasonable fees on fees are in order.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

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  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2008-01-17· cited 62×
• Levy v. HLI Operating Co., Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2007-05-16· cited 39×
• Scott Pontone v. Milso Industries Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-08-22· cited 35×
• Schoon v. Troy Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2008-03-28· cited 22×
• Marino v. Patriot Rail Company LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2016-02-29· cited 22×
• Kuratle Corporation, Inc. v. Linden Green Condominium Association.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2014-10-22
• Dreisbach v. Walton.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2014-10-27
• Dore v. Sweports Ltd.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2017-01-31
• White v. Curo Texas Holding, LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2017-02-21
• Edward M. Weil v. Vereit Operating Partnership, L.P.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2018-02-13
• Meyers v. Quiz-Dia LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2018-03-16
• Shawn Evans v. Avande, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2021-09-23
• Mullin v. Ascetta
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-12-02
• Macrophage Thearpeutics, Inc. v. Goldberg
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2021-12-10
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  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2023-05-10
• David Goldman v. LBG Real Estate Companies, LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2024-02-26
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  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2024-08-01
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  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2025-06-06
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  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2025-07-14
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Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Citadel Holding Corp. v. Roven
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-02-18· cited 235×
• Stifel Financial Corp. v. Cochran
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2002-06-13· cited 119×
• Fasciana v. Electronic Data Systems Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2003-02-27· cited 73×
• Tashima Williams v. The Hanover Housing Authority
  First Circuit· 1997-05-22· cited 58×
• Fisher v. Townsends, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1997-06-11· cited 52×
• Advanced Mining Systems, Inc. v. Fricke
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1992-08-04· cited 45×
• Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation v. Wolfson
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1974-05-31· cited 43×
• Harris v. McCarthy
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-05-27· cited 30×
• Digiacomo v. Board of Public Education
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-03-26· cited 28×
• Raffaella Y. Nanetti, Cross-Appellee v. University of Illinois at Chicago, Cross-Appellant
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-10-08· cited 26×
• Mayer v. Executive Telecard, Ltd.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1997-04-25· cited 9×
• Simmons v. American Export Lines, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1960-09-15· cited 4×