Fleer v. Frank H. Fleer Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that matters collateral to whether valid meeting was held should not be considered in statutory proceeding (now codified as 8 DEL. C. § 211) unless relevant to meeting’s validity
• “[w]here the demand if made would be directed to the particular individuals who themselves are the alleged wrongdoers and who therefore would be invited to sue themselves, the rule is settled that a demand and refusal is not requisite”
• “Where the demand if made would be directed to the particular individuals who themselves are the alleged wrongdoers and who therefore would be invited to sue themselves, the rule is settled that a demand and refusal is not requisite.”
• “Where the demand if made would be directed to the particular individuals who themselves are the alleged wrongdoers and who therefore would be invited to sue themselves, the rule is settled that a demand and refusal is not requisite.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Aronson v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-03-01· cited 1,206×
• Kaplan v. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-04-19· cited 74×
• Harris v. Carter
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1990-05-04· cited 67×
• Elster v. American Airlines, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1953-10-14· cited 64×
• Elster v. American Airlines
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1953-10-14· cited 40×
• Perrott v. United States Banking Corporation
  D. Delaware· 1944-01-24· cited 23×
• Box v. Box
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1997-07-29· cited 23×
• Taormina v. Taormina Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1951-02-07· cited 21×
• Gotham Partners, L.P. v. Hallwood Realty Partners, L.P.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1998-04-29· cited 17×
• Miller v. Loft, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1931-03-06· cited 14×
• Motor Terminals, Inc. v. National Car Co.
  D. Delaware· 1949-12-12· cited 13×
• In re Diamond State Brewery, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1938-06-03· cited 9×
• Levin v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1966-06-14· cited 5×
• Perrine v. Pennroad Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1934-03-09· cited 5×
• Young v. Janas
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1954-01-07· cited 3×
• Homewood v. Standard Power & Light Corp.
  D. Delaware· 1944-04-29· cited 3×
• In re EZCORP Inc. Consulting Agreement Derivative Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2016-01-25
• United Food and Commercial Workers Union and Participating Food Industry Employers Tri-State Pension Fund v. Zuckerberg
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-10-26
• Hastings v. H. M. Byllesby & Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1943-05-28
• Katherine Richards Brewer, derivatively on behalf of Regions Financial Corporation and Regions Bank v. Josh M. Turner, Jr.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2025-10-30

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ellis v. Penn Beef Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1911-07-14· cited 31×
• Lippman v. Kehoe Stenograph Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1918-01-21· cited 11×
• Hopper v. Fesler Sales Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1916-11-22· cited 5×
• In re the Election of Directors of the New York & Westchester Town Site Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1911-06-29· cited 4×
• Cahall v. Lofland
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1920-01-23· cited 4×