Pogostin v. Rice

How courts have described this case

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

• the Court of Chancery, exercising its sound discretion, must determine whether demand is excused under either prong of Aronson
• “[T]he requirement[s] of Chancery Court Rule 23.1 exist[] at the threshold to prevent abuse and to promote intracorporate dispute resolution.”
• “[T]he requirement of [Court of Chancery] Rule 23.1 exists at the threshold to prevent abuse and to promote intercorporate dispute resolution.”
• “Directorial interest exists whenever . . . a director either has received, or is entitled to receive, a personal financial benefit from the challenged transaction which is not equally shared by the stockholders.”
• “Directorial interest exists whenever . . . a director either has received, or is entitled to receive, a personal financial benefit from the challenged transaction which is not equally shared by the stockholders.”
• “Directorial interest exists whenever . . . a director either has received, or is entitled to receive, a personal financial benefit from the challenged transaction which is not equally shared by the stockholders.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

162 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Brehm v. Eisner
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-02-09· cited 877×
• Rales v. Blasband Ex Rel. Easco Hand Tools, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-12-23· cited 768×
• Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-01-18· cited 456×
• Smith v. Van Gorkom
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-03-14· cited 428×
• Stone v. Ritter
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2006-11-06· cited 398×
• Revlon, Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-03-13· cited 386×
• Levine v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-05-01· cited 325×
• Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-06-10· cited 322×
• Grobow v. Perot
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-03-15· cited 295×
• Spiegel v. Buntrock
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-03-19· cited 293×
• Paramount Communications Inc. v. QVC Network Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-02-04· cited 265×
• Stroud v. Grace
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-04-09· cited 246×
• Mills Acquisition Co. v. MacMillan, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-05-03· cited 245×
• Gantler v. Stephens
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-01-27· cited 244×
• Grimes v. Donald
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-04-11· cited 233×
• Unitrin, Inc. v. American General Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-01-11· cited 223×
• In Re Walt Disney Co. Derivative Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2005-08-09· cited 206×
• Williams v. Geier
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-01-23· cited 180×
• American International Group, Inc. v. Greenberg
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2009-02-10· cited 175×
• Moran v. Household International, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-11-20· cited 170×

Cites

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

• Aronson v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-03-01· cited 1,206×
• Guth v. Loft, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1939-04-11· cited 466×
• Daily Income Fund, Inc. v. Fox
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-18· cited 281×
• Ruth Panter v. Marshall Field & Co., Richard Weiss v. Marshall Field & Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1981-07-06· cited 269×
• Schnell v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1971-11-29· cited 164×
• In Re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions. Joseph B. Kauffman
  First Circuit· 1973-05-14· cited 157×
• Michelson v. Duncan
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1979-10-02· cited 142×
• Johnson v. Trueblood
  Third Circuit· 1980-07-31· cited 134×
• Gimbel v. Signal Companies, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1974-01-10· cited 116×
• Kerbs v. California Eastern Airways, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1952-07-17· cited 110×
• Crouse-Hinds Company, Plaintiff-Counterclaim-Defendant-Appellant v. Internorth, Inc., and in Holdings, Inc., Defendants-Counterclaim-Plaintiffs
  Second Circuit· 1980-11-14· cited 100×
• Gimbel v. Signal Companies, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1974-02-07· cited 100×
• Gottlieb v. Heyden Chemical Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1952-07-17· cited 87×
• Beard v. Elster
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1960-02-11· cited 85×
• Condec Corporation v. Lunkenheimer Company
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1967-06-02· cited 77×
• Saxe v. Brady
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1962-09-10· cited 77×
• Lerman v. Diagnostic Data, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1980-09-23· cited 32×
• Petty v. Penntech Papers, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1975-07-29· cited 30×
• Buffalo Forge Co. v. Ogden Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1983-09-22· cited 28×
• Meiselman v. Eberstadt
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1961-05-04· cited 16×