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· 11/22/1999

In Re Coleman Co. Inc. Shareholders

Citations

  • 750 A.2d 1202

How courts have described this case

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

  • observing that whether or not a merger agreement has a fiduciary out, fiduciaries have “the practical option of effectuating an efficient breach”
  • reducing fee award for class counsel from 30% to 10% where counsel ―largely piggy-backed‖ on settlement achieved by large stockholder
  • awarding 18% when case settled after ten days of document discovery
  • \[C]onfirmatory discovery in settlement situations is hardly the equivalent of adversarial pre-trial discovery.\
  • “[C]on- firmatory discovery in settlement situations is hardly the equivalent of adversarial pre-trial discovery.”

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Judges: Chandler

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