Shawe v. Elting

How courts have described this case

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

• reviewing and affirming under abuse of discretion standard lower court’s decision to appoint custodian under 8 Del. C. § 226 to sell corporation
• affirming Court of Chancery’s decision to appoint custodian to hold public auction of company in fight of director deadlock
• refusing to hear for the first time on appeal a constitutional argument
• custodian’s default duty is to continue corporation’s business, but Court of Chancery may displace default duty
• “It is prudent for the development of the law that appellate courts have the benefits that come with a full record and input from learned trial judges.”
• “[T]he remedy to address the deadlock is ultimately within the Court of Chancery’s discretion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Shawe v. Pincus
  D. Delaware· 2017-09-26· cited 10×
• Koshy v. Sachdev
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-09-14· cited 8×
• Lionbridge Technologies, LLC v. Valley Forge Ins. Co.
  First Circuit· 2022-11-21· cited 8×
• Toth, M. v. Toth, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-08-27· cited 7×
• In re TransPerfect Global, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2017-08-04
• Shirley Shawe v. Transperfect Global, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2017-09-05
• Shawe v. Transperfect Global, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-09-14
• Shawe v. Transperfect Global, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-09-18
• In re: TransPerfect Global, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2018-02-15
• In re Oxbow Carbon LLC Unitholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2018-08-01
• Bradley v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2018-10-24
• Pinkston v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2018-12-12
• Mountain West Series of Lockton Companies, LLC v. Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2019-06-20
• In re Transperfect Global, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2019-10-17
• In re TransPerfect Global, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2019-11-18
• TransPerfect Global v. Pincus
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2019-12-31
• R. Michael DeGroat v. Lucinda A. Papa
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-04-30
• Buckeye Partners, L.P. v. GT USA Wilmington, LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-05-20
• Smash Franchise Partners, LLC v. Kanda Holdings, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-08-13
• P.C. Connection, Inc. v. Synygy Ltd.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2021-01-07

Cites

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

• Wainwright v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-02-21· cited 430×
• Gotham Partners, L.P. v. Hallwood Realty Partners, L.P.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2002-10-11· cited 183×
• Bershad v. Curtiss-Wright Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-12-30· cited 125×
• LeVan v. Independence Mall, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2007-12-05· cited 120×
• Nixon v. Blackwell
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-06-22· cited 114×
• Giuricich v. Emtrol Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1982-07-30· cited 110×
• Culver v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-03-21· cited 98×
• Eliason v. Englehart
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1999-07-14· cited 94×
• Duphily v. Delaware Electric Cooperative, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-07-31· cited 86×
• Carlson v. Hallinan
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2006-03-21· cited 86×
• Rickards v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1950-12-06· cited 74×
• Staar Surgical Co. v. Waggoner
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-04-08· cited 65×
• Alabama By-Products Corp. v. Neal
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-03-08· cited 60×
• Sheehan v. Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-02-22· cited 53×
• Turner v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-10-11· cited 51×
• Libeau v. Fox
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2006-01-24· cited 49×
• Smith v. Delaware State University
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-07-05· cited 42×
• North River Insurance v. Mine Safety Appliances Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-11-06· cited 31×
• Berger v. Pubco Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-07-09· cited 30×
• Grimes v. Alteon, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2002-07-19· cited 30×