Galef v. Alexander

How courts have described this case

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

• noting in dictum that demand should be made before the complaint is filed
• under New York choice-of-law rules, law of state of incorporation controls in adjudicating corporation’s “internal affairs,” including liability of directors and officers
• “Rule 23.1 * * * is essentially a requirement that a stockholder exhaust his intra-corporate remedies before bringing a derivative action”
• noting potential mootness problem where terms of directors had expired
• Ohio claims linked with federal claims
• directors entrusted with management of corporation

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Cited by

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

• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,860 Athalie Doris Joy v. Nelson L. North, Nelson L. North
  Second Circuit· 1982-11-04· cited 388×
• Zapata Corp. v. Maldonado
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1981-05-13· cited 335×
• Lewis v. Curtis
  Third Circuit· 1982-03-03· cited 194×
• General Electric Co. v. Cathcart
  Third Circuit· 1992-12-03· cited 106×
• In re Continental Illinois Securities Litigation
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-04-23· cited 95×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 99,484 John F. Maher v. Zapata Corporation v. William Maldonado, Objector-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-09-12· cited 86×
• In Re General Tire And Rubber Company Securities Litigation
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-03-08· cited 82×
• Lewis v. Graves
  Second Circuit· 1983-02-28· cited 82×
• Nisselson v. Softbank Am Corp. (In Re MarketXT Holdings Corp.)
  S.D. New York· 2007-03-02· cited 75×
• Sanders v. Thrall Car Manufacturing Co.
  S.D. New York· 1983-09-16· cited 70×
• National Labor Relations Board v. Pincus Brothers, Inc.-Maxwell
  Third Circuit· 1980-06-12· cited 58×
• Stanley M. Grossman v. Edward C. Johnson, 3rd
  First Circuit· 1982-03-29· cited 56×
• Solow v. Stone
  S.D. New York· 1998-01-29· cited 52×
• Maldonado v. Flynn
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1980-03-18· cited 44×
• Samuel M. Feinberg Testamentary Trust v. Carter
  S.D. New York· 1987-01-15· cited 41×
• Maldonado v. Flynn
  S.D. New York· 1980-01-24· cited 39×
• Stoner v. Walsh
  S.D. New York· 1991-08-22· cited 39×
• Genzer v. Cunningham
  E.D. Michigan· 1980-09-26· cited 34×
• Gerald Clark v. Lomas & Nettleton Financial Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-08-28· cited 33×
• Coleman v. Taub
  Third Circuit· 1981-01-08· cited 33×

Cites

33 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-06-02· cited 8,668×
• Cort v. Ash
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-17· cited 3,337×
• Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-01-26· cited 1,683×
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-08· cited 1,399×
• Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-23· cited 1,218×
• Auerbach v. Bennett
  New York Court of Appeals· 1979-07-09· cited 638×
• Smith v. Sperling
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-10· cited 488×
• Burks v. Lasker
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-14· cited 435×
• Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co.
  Supreme Court· 1942-12-07· cited 386×
• United Copper Securities Co. v. Amalgamated Copper Co.
  Supreme Court· 1917-05-21· cited 192×
• Diamond v. Oreamuno
  New York Court of Appeals· 1969-05-15· cited 161×
• In Re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions. Joseph B. Kauffman
  First Circuit· 1973-05-14· cited 157×
• Lewis v. Anderson
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-10-29· cited 76×
• Cathedral Estates, Inc. v. The Taft Realty Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1955-12-06· cited 71×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,310 Browning Debenture Holders' Committee v. Dasa Corporation and Arthur Andersen & Co.
  Second Circuit· 1975-10-03· cited 57×
• Swanson v. Traer
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-10· cited 56×
• Ash v. International Business Machines, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1965-11-17· cited 49×
• Abbey v. Control Data Corp.
  Eighth Circuit· 1979-08-06· cited 49×
• Gall v. Exxon Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1976-07-30· cited 37×

Other cases named Galef v. Alexander

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Galef v. Alexander
  Second Circuit· 1980-01-22· cited 29×