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· 10/25/2002

Omnicare, Inc. v. NCS Healthcare, Inc.

Citations

  • 809 A.2d 1163
  • 2002 Del. Ch. LEXIS 120
  • 2002 WL 31445168

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

  • explaining that the court may take judicial notice of public SEC filings
  • applying judicially created version of contemporaneous ownership requirement to direct claims as a matter of public policy
  • stating general rule under Delaware law that “only persons who were stockholders at the time of an alleged wrongdoing have standing to sue corporate directors for breach of fiduciary duty”
  • the \policy animating 8 Del. C. §327 ... has been applied to preclude stockholders who later acquire their shares from prosecuting direct claims\
  • “The court may take judicial notice of facts publicly available in filings with the SEC.”
  • “The court may take judicial notice of facts publicly available in filings with the SEC.”

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Judges: Lamb

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