Joseph v. Shell Oil Co.

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• holding that permitting minority stockholders to tender shares without curing defendants' omissions would forever deny tendering stockholders their rights to be treated fairly, and would constitute irreparable harm
• enjoining tender offer because permitting minority shareholders to tender their share without full disclosure of terms of offer “might forever deny to those tendering stockholders their right to be treated fairly”
• “[F]ailure to arrive at the price by arms-length negotiations does not ipso facto indicate … unfair [dealing]. It is but one factor to be considered.”
• “[F]ailure to arrive at the price by arms-length negotiations does not ipso facto indicate an unfair price.”
• approving proposed settlement of class action

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Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Golden Telecom, Inc. v. GLOBAL GT LP
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-12-29· cited 85×
• G & N AIRCRAFT, INC. v. Boehm
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-03-02· cited 79×
• In Re the Appraisal of Shell Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-05-26· cited 67×
• Sealy Mattress Co. of New Jersey v. Sealy, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1987-07-24· cited 62×
• Eisenberg v. Chicago Milwaukee Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1987-12-01· cited 49×
• Drobbin v. Nicolet Instrument Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1986-02-21· cited 36×
• Shell Petroleum, Inc. v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-04-23· cited 30×
• Rabkin v. Philip A. Hunt Chemical Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1986-12-04· cited 26×
• Andra v. Blount
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2000-03-29· cited 26×
• In Re Pennaco Energy, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2001-02-05· cited 23×
• Joseph v. Shell Oil Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1985-01-08· cited 15×
• Sifferle v. Micom Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1986-04-01· cited 14×
• Selfe v. Joseph
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-11-27· cited 6×
• Wurtzel v. Park Towne Place Apartments Ltd. Partnership
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2001-08-11· cited 2×
• Abbey v. Montedison S.p.A.
  New York Supreme Court· 1989-03-24· cited 1×
• Buttonwood True Value Partners, L.P.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-08-07
• In re Appraisal of Ancestry.Com, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-01-30
• Robert A. Davidow v. LRN Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-02-25

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-02-01· cited 690×
• Guth v. Loft, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1939-04-11· cited 466×
• Sterling v. Mayflower Hotel Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1952-11-18· cited 196×
• Singer v. Magnavox Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1977-09-23· cited 161×
• Gimbel v. Signal Companies, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1974-01-10· cited 116×
• Lynch v. Vickers Energy Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1977-10-18· cited 94×
• Schreiber v. Bryan
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1978-09-06· cited 39×
• Getty Oil Company v. Skelly Oil Company
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1970-06-01· cited 29×
• Lynch v. Vickers Energy Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1976-01-22· cited 26×
• DuPont Bayard v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1953-12-01· cited 24×
• Guarantee Bank v. Magness Construction Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-05-05· cited 10×
• American Medicorp, Inc. v. Humana, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1977-12-12· cited 3×

Other cases named Joseph v. Shell Oil Co.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Joseph v. Shell Oil Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1985-01-08· cited 15×