Oliveira v. Sugarman

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• noting that a stock dilution claim can “support a direct shareholder claim under some circumstances”
• finding that demand investigation was reasonable where committee “hired highly respected and experienced legal counsel to assist”
• holding a shareholder Proxy Statement which said the “awards we have granted will vest only if performance conditions are achieved . . . and if additional service-based vesting periods . . . are satisfied” constituted a clear and definite promise
• “It is considered a ‘fundamental rule’ that ‘[a] shareholder—even the sole shareholder—does not have standing to assert claims alleging wrongs to the corporation’”
• “Because a derivative lawsuit intrudes upon the board of directors’ managerial control of the corporation, shareholders are required to first make a demand that the board take action before initiating a derivative suit”
• We adopt the definition [of SLCs] set forth in Boland|.]”

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  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-04-01· cited 10×
• Gilroy v. SVF Riva Annapolis LLC
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-09-01· cited 8×
• Gordon v. Sznewajs
  C.D. California· 2018-06-13· cited 1×
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  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2021-09-07
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  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2021-09-07
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  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-02-23
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  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2022-03-31
• In re Res. Capital Corp., S'holder Derivative Litig.
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-02-23
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  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2022-12-22
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  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2023-08-31
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  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2023-09-05
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  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-08-28
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Cites

42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Michael Lacey v. Joseph Arpaio
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-08-29· cited 4,653×
• Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-20· cited 1,291×
• Aronson v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-03-01· cited 1,206×
• Brehm v. Eisner
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-02-09· cited 877×
• Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-02-01· cited 690×
• Auerbach v. Bennett
  New York Court of Appeals· 1979-07-09· cited 638×
• Tooley v. Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-04-02· cited 479×
• Joseph Martin, Jr., Delicatessen, Inc. v. Schumacher
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-01-20· cited 410×
• Barry C. Cosgrove, Cross-Appellee v. Joseph Bartolotta and Mary-Bart, Llc, Doing Business as Bartolotta's Lake Park Bistro
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-07-22· cited 395×
• Zapata Corp. v. Maldonado
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1981-05-13· cited 335×
• Scattered Corp. v. Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1997-10-22· cited 204×
• In Re Tyson Foods, Inc. Consolidated Shareholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2007-02-06· cited 192×
• RRC Northeast, LLC v. BAA Maryland, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-05-10· cited 191×
• Mencher v. Weiss
  New York Court of Appeals· 1953-07-14· cited 189×
• Cochran v. Norkunas
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-03-20· cited 187×
• In Re Tri-Star Pictures, Inc., Litigation
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-12-08· cited 169×
• Gentile v. Rossette
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2006-08-17· cited 149×
• Kowalchuk v. Stroup
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-02-10· cited 143×
• Cunningham v. Feinberg
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2015-01-27· cited 119×
• Pavel Enterprises, Inc. v. AS Johnson Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-04-10· cited 100×

Other cases named Oliveira v. Sugarman

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Oliveira v. Sugarman
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-01-28· cited 14×
• Oliveira v. Sugarman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2017-01-20
• Oliveira v. Sugarman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2016-05-20