Hollinger Inc. v. Hollinger International, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• suggesting that interpretation of Section 271 before the statutory amendment to include subsidiaries
• explaining the purpose of an acquisition, which eliminates “all or substantially all” of the target’s stockholders’ interests (citations omitted)
• analogizing to agency theory for purposes of extending analysis under 8 Del. C. § 271 from subsidiary to parent
• collecting cases and analyzing the qualitative and quantitative factors Delaware courts consider when determining if the sale involved substantially all assets and, in any event, rejecting an “approximately half” standard
• “A fair and succinct equivalent to the term ‘substantially all’ would [] be ‘essentially everything.’”
• “Substantially conveys the same meaning as ‘considerably’ and ‘essentially’ because it means ‘to a great extent or degree’ and communicates that it is very nearly the same thing ...” [footnote omitted]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).