Lewis v. Graves

How courts have described this case

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

• applying Rule 23.1 and finding that “post-complaint events are not relevant”
• demand not excused on the basis that plaintiff named as defendants more than a majority of [the] corporation’s then serving directors
• “bald charges of mere failure to take corrective action are similarly inadequate to demonstrate futility”
• “[T]he decision as to whether a plaintiff’s allegations of futility are sufficient to excuse demand depends on the particular facts of each case and lies within the discretion of the district court.”
• “[T]he decision as to 10 whether a plaintiff’s allegations of futility are sufficient to excuse demand 11 depends on the particular facts of each case and lies within the discretion of the 12 district court.”
• “[T]he decision as to 10 whether a plaintiff’s allegations of futility are sufficient to excuse demand 11 depends on the particular facts of each case and lies within the discretion of the 12 district court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Aronson v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-03-01· cited 1,206×
• D'ADDARIO v. Geller
  E.D. Virginia· 2003-04-08· cited 47×
• Espinoza v. Dimon
  Second Circuit· 2015-08-12· cited 44×
• Scalisi v. Fund Asset Management, L.P.
  Second Circuit· 2004-08-17· cited 42×
• Simmonds v. Credit Suisse Securities LLC
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-12-02· cited 24×
• Halpert Enterprises, Inc. Ex Rel. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. v. Harrison
  S.D. New York· 2005-03-28· cited 15×
• Seidl v. American Century Companies, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2010-05-07· cited 14×
• Jerue v. Millett
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2003-03-28· cited 14×
• Fischer v. CF & I STEEL CORP.
  S.D. New York· 1984-12-20· cited 12×
• Lewis v. Anselmi
  S.D. New York· 1983-06-07· cited 10×
• In Re Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. Derivative Litigation
  S.D. New York· 1990-11-08· cited 9×
• In Re Morgan Stanley Derivative Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2008-03-27· cited 9×
• Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Derivative Lit v.
  Third Circuit· 2024-05-03· cited 8×
• Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corp. Retiree Medical Benefits Trust v. Lundgren
  S.D. New York· 2008-09-30· cited 5×
• Auletta v. Ortino
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-01-07· cited 1×
• Gordon v. Sznewajs
  C.D. California· 2018-06-13· cited 1×
• Copeland ex rel. NBTY, Inc. v. Rudolph
  Second Circuit· 2005-12-20· cited 1×
• Vanessa Simmonds v. Credit Suisse Securities
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-12-02
• Vanessa Simmonds v. Credit Suisse Securities
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-01-18
• Espinosa v. Dimon
  Second Circuit· 2015-06-16

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hawes v. Oakland
  Supreme Court· 1882-01-16· cited 631×
• 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×
• Dorothy Elfenbein v. Gulf & Western Industries, Inc., and Stelux Manufacturing Co., and Bulova Watch Co., Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1978-12-21· cited 199×
• Lewis v. Curtis
  Third Circuit· 1982-03-03· cited 194×
• In Re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions. Joseph B. Kauffman
  First Circuit· 1973-05-14· cited 157×
• H. M. Greenspun v. Del E. Webb Corporation, Etc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-12-29· cited 109×
• Lewis v. Graves
  Second Circuit· 1983-02-28· cited 82×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,297 Charles Heit v. Walter S. Baird
  First Circuit· 1977-12-29· cited 73×
• Cathedral Estates, Inc. v. The Taft Realty Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1955-12-06· cited 71×
• Galef v. Alexander
  Second Circuit· 1980-01-22· cited 67×
• Stanley M. Grossman v. Edward C. Johnson, 3rd
  First Circuit· 1982-03-29· cited 56×
• Cramer v. General Telephone & Electronics Corp.
  Third Circuit· 1978-07-18· cited 51×
• Anita B. Brody v. Chemical Bank, and Pennsylvania Company
  Second Circuit· 1975-06-09· cited 43×
• Charles P. Liboff, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Louis E. Wolfson, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-01-04· cited 34×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,345 Anita B. Brody v. Chemical Bank, and Pennsylvania Company
  Second Circuit· 1973-07-03· cited 30×
• Abramowitz v. Posner
  Second Circuit· 1982-02-09· cited 28×
• Brooks v. American Export Industries, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1975-09-29· cited 25×
• Stein v. Bailey
  S.D. New York· 1982-02-04· cited 12×