· 10/25/2002
Omnicare, Inc. v. NCS Healthcare, Inc.
Citations
- 809 A.2d 1163
- 2002 Del. Ch. LEXIS 120
- 2002 WL 31445168
How courts have described this case
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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