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How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that duty of disclosure applies when a board requests stockholder action, as when making a recommendation in connection with an exchange offer
• “Accurately disclosing circumstances or realities surrounding a [transaction] . . . is not actionably coercive.”
• “Accurately disclosing circumstances or realities surrounding a [transaction] . . . is not actionably coercive.”
• “Accurately disclosing circumstances or realities surrounding a [transaction] . . . is not actionably coercive.”
• on motion for preliminary injunction, finding no likelihood of success in establishing control where alleged controlling party owned 14% of company and had contractual rights to approve certain management decisions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. v. Vulcan Materials Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-07-10· cited 39×
• In Re El Paso Corporation Shareholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2012-02-29· cited 38×
• Brown v. Kinross Gold U.S.A., Inc.
  D. Nevada· 2008-01-23· cited 29×
• Nahass v. Harrison
  D. Massachusetts· 2016-09-13· cited 5×
• In re Stearns
  New York Supreme Court· 2008-12-04· cited 4×
• In Re United States Sugar, Corp. Litigation
  S.D. Florida· 2009-04-28· cited 2×
• In re TIBCO Software Inc. Stockholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-11-25
• In re Saba Software, Inc. Stockholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2017-03-31
• In re Saba Software, Inc. Stockholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2017-04-11
• Matthew Sciabacucchi v. Liberty Broadband Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2017-05-31
• Matter of Baltic Trading Stockholders Litig.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2018-04-26
• Matthew Sciabacucchi v. Liberty Broadband Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2018-07-26
• Robert A. Davidow v. LRN Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-02-25
• Bamford v. Penfold, L.P.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-02-28
• In re Dell Technologies Inc. Class V Stockholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-06-11
• In re Columbia Pipeline Group, Merger Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2023-06-30
• NEC Fund VI HE Lender, LLC v. Hecate Holdings LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2026-02-25
• Eric Douglas Guilbeau v. Footprint International Holdco, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2026-05-11

Cites

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

• Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-02-01· cited 690×
• Smith v. Van Gorkom
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-03-14· cited 428×
• Revlon, Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-03-13· cited 386×
• Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-06-10· cited 322×
• Kahn v. Lynch Communication Systems, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-04-05· cited 299×
• Rosenblatt v. Getty Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-05-09· cited 268×
• Stroud v. Grace
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-04-09· cited 246×
• Williams v. Geier
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-01-23· cited 180×
• In Re Tri-Star Pictures, Inc., Litigation
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-12-08· cited 169×
• Ivanhoe Partners v. Newmont Mining Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-11-18· cited 157×
• Gentile v. Rossette
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2006-08-17· cited 149×
• Loudon v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1997-09-18· cited 142×
• Gimbel v. Signal Companies, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1974-01-10· cited 116×
• Brenntag International Chemicals, Inc. v. Bank of India, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Appellant, Norddeutsche Landesbank Gz
  Second Circuit· 1999-04-26· cited 113×
• Judah v. Delaware Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1977-08-11· cited 111×
• Katz v. Oak Industries Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2008-11-07· cited 108×
• Lynch v. Vickers Energy Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1977-10-18· cited 94×
• In Re General Motors Class H Shareholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1999-03-22· cited 79×
• Jedwab v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1986-04-11· cited 63×
• Gatz v. Ponsoldt
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2007-04-16· cited 58×