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· 8/9/2000

Nelson v. Frank E. Best Inc.

Citations

  • 768 A.2d 473

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the twenty-day period set forth in 8 Del. C. § 262(d)(2) is not extended when the twentieth day falls on a Sunday
  • observing that the court’s rules may not “override . . . any statutory provision duly enacted by our General Assembly”
  • observing that the court’s rules may not “override . . . any statutory provision duly enacted by our General Assembly”
  • refusing to allow dissenter's rights where the deadline for making a demand fell on a Sunday, and the demand was not made until the following Monday
  • “Indeed, perhaps the most well-settled proposition of common law is that dictum does not constitute binding precedent.”

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Judges: Strine

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