Michelson v. Duncan

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that when there was no factual support for the plaintiff’s allegations as to the interest of certain directors, the fact that such “interest” was not recited in the proxy materials was a meritless contention
• observing that stockholders were informed of the essential facts because “[t]hey were provided with the complete text of plaintiff’s complaint, and, all alleged wrongs for which ratification was sought were enumerated in detail”
• observing that stockholders were informed of the essential facts because “[t]hey were provided with the complete text of plaintiff’s complaint, and, all alleged wrongs for which ratification was sought were enumerated in detail”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Smith v. Van Gorkom
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-03-14· cited 428×
• Orman v. Cullman
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2002-03-01· cited 318×
• Stroud v. Grace
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-04-09· cited 246×
• Michelson v. Duncan
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1979-10-02· cited 142×
• Vizcaino v. Microsoft Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-07-24· cited 68×
• Tanzer v. International General Industries, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1979-05-25· cited 63×
• Citron v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1990-06-29· cited 60×
• Abbey v. Control Data Corp.
  Eighth Circuit· 1979-08-06· cited 49×
• Schreiber v. Bryan
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1978-09-06· cited 39×
• Grimes v. Alteon, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2002-07-19· cited 30×
• Cohen v. Ayers
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-04-16· cited 25×
• Cohen v. Ayers
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-05-21· cited 9×
• Munson Transportation, Inc. v. Hajjar
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-06-18· cited 8×
• Levenson v. Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1979-11-14· cited 1×
• Abbey v. Control Data Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1979-08-06
• Donna Vizcaino v. Microsoft Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-07-24
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1998-06-18
• In Re: Mindbody, Inc. Stockholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-10-02

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Singer v. Magnavox Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1977-09-23· cited 161×
• Kerbs v. California Eastern Airways, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1952-07-17· cited 110×
• Gottlieb v. Heyden Chemical Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1952-08-29· cited 88×
• Beard v. Elster
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1960-02-11· cited 85×
• Saxe v. Brady
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1962-09-10· cited 77×
• Hurtt v. Goleburn
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1974-11-19· cited 59×
• Kaufman v. Shoenberg
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1952-10-21· cited 45×
• Warshaw v. Calhoun
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1966-06-03· cited 43×
• Fidanque v. American Maracaibo Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1952-11-05· cited 43×
• Puma v. Marriott
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1971-10-20· cited 43×
• Beard v. Elster
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1960-05-13· cited 41×
• Gottlieb v. McKee
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1954-07-07· cited 24×
• Nash v. Connell
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1953-08-18· cited 21×
• Gamble v. Penn Valley Crude Oil Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1954-04-09· cited 17×
• Amdur v. Meyer
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1962-02-21· cited 11×
• Dann v. Chrysler Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1963-12-31· cited 10×