Simons v. Cogan

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “creditors” are “holders of . . . debt” after analyzing the terms of the debentures setting forth the rights of bondholders
• reasoning that the \risks that the fiduciary duty concept was designed to address\ do not arise until convertible bonds are actually converted into stock
• explaining that a “standard” no-recourse provision in a bond indenture “provid[es] broadly that liability for breach of any obligation created by the indenture shall not attach to any stockholder, officer or director of the issuer, but such liability shall be limited to the corporation itself”
• “the purchaser ... is offered, and voluntarily accepts, a security whose myriad terms are highly specified”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Dunlap v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-07-13· cited 338×
• E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. v. Pressman
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-07-10· cited 208×
• In Re Hennepin County 1986 Recycling Bond Litigation
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1995-11-09· cited 127×
• Kaiser Aluminum Corp. v. Matheson
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-08-29· cited 103×
• Simons v. Cogan
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-10-19· cited 51×
• Dave Greytak Enterprises, Inc. v. Mazda Motors of America, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1992-01-28· cited 47×
• Bank of New York Mellon v. Commerzbank Capital Funding Trust II
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-03-19· cited 34×
• Envirodyne Industries, Inc. v. Connecticut Mutual Life Co. (In Re Envirodyne Industries, Inc.)
  N.D. Illinois· 1994-12-01· cited 15×
• Harriet & Henderson Yarns, Inc. v. Castle
  W.D. Tennessee· 1999-12-03· cited 3×
• In re Volkswagen \Clean Diesel\ Mktg., Sales Practices, & Prods. Liab. Litig.
  N.D. California· 2018-09-07
• Estate of Martha Barotz v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2026-06-29

Cites

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

• Pepper v. Litton
  Supreme Court· 1939-12-04· cited 2,011×
• Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court· 1971-11-08· cited 948×
• Revlon, Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-03-13· cited 386×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,956 David Broad v. Rockwell International Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-04-17· cited 255×
• Katz v. Oak Industries Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2008-11-07· cited 108×
• McMahon v. New Castle Associates
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1987-08-21· cited 107×
• William R. Van Gemert v. The Boeing Company and Thomas R. Wilcox
  Second Circuit· 1977-04-18· cited 79×
• Harman v. Masoneilan International, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1982-02-09· cited 71×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,234 William R. Van Gemert v. The Boeing Co.
  Second Circuit· 1975-07-14· cited 58×
• Harff v. Kerkorian
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1974-07-23· cited 55×
• Harff v. Kerkorian
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1975-10-17· cited 48×
• Mann v. Oppenheimer & Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-10-30· cited 47×
• Dabney v. Chase Nat. Bank of City of New York
  Second Circuit· 1952-04-30· cited 45×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,326 David Broad v. Rockwell International Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-03-24· cited 36×
• Wolfensohn v. Madison Fund, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1969-04-08· cited 30×
• Twin Coach Company v. Chance Vought Aircraft, Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1960-05-31· cited 28×
• Parkinson v. West End Street Railway Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1899-05-19· cited 28×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1982-06-03· cited 26×
• Greene v. New York United Hotels, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1932-11-18· cited 19×
• Reinhardt v. Inter-State Telephone Co.
  New Jersey Court of Chancery· 1906-02-23· cited 18×