Martin v. F.S. Payne Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• reserving on “whether intangible corporate benefits . . . could ever justify an award of attorneys’ fees”
• “Equitable considerations are relevant in derivative stockholder actions. Such considerations are most appropriate in dealing with relationships among stockholders in close corporations”
• case not moot where parties retain stake in fee dispute, notwithstanding sale of defendant company and plaintiffs' attempts to disclaim any interest in adjudication
• good faith requires “full and honest disclosure of all relevant circumstances”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).