Skoglund v. Ormand Industries, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the stockholder’s purpose must “not be adverse to the interests of the corporation”
• holding that to invoke the unclean hands doctrine, a plaintiff’s conduct must be “shocking to the integrity of the Court”
• holding that inspection of a stock list “to communicate with other shareholders on matters relating to their common interest, including, among other things, the desirability of changing the board of directors[,]” was proper
• noting that the pursuit of a fishing expedition would be improper
• describing doctrine as “a rule of public policy” rather than “a matter of defense to be applied on behalf of litigants”
• describing doctrine as “a rule of public policy” rather than “a matter of defense to be applied on behalf of litigants”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Amalgamated Bank v. Yahoo! Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2016-02-02· cited 134×
• Seinfeld v. Verizon Communications, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2006-09-25· cited 120×
• In re LTV Securities Litigation
  N.D. Texas· 1981-03-23· cited 116×
• Thomas & Betts Corp. v. Leviton Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-08-02· cited 93×
• CM & M GROUP, INC. v. Carroll
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1982-09-15· cited 84×
• Nakahara v. NS 1991 American Trust
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1998-09-28· cited 63×
• Skouras v. Admiralty Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1978-04-03· cited 61×
• In re Rural/Metro Corporation Stockholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-10-10· cited 54×
• Helnsman Management Services, Inc. v. a & S Consultants, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1987-03-13· cited 51×
• John Mallick v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-11-27· cited 42×
• Portnoy v. Cryo-Cell International, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2008-01-15· cited 39×
• Highland Select Equity Fund, L.P. v. Motient Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2006-07-06· cited 29×
• Compaq Computer Corp. v. Horton
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-10-04· cited 26×
• Parfi Holding AB v. Mirror Image Internet, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2008-09-04· cited 23×
• Thomas & Betts Corp. v. Leviton Mfg. Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1995-12-19· cited 18×
• Hatleigh Corp. v. Lane Bryant, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1981-02-05· cited 13×
• In Re the Appraisal of Enstar Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1991-03-18· cited 10×
• Fleisher Development Corporation v. Home Owners Warranty Corporation Fleisher Development Corporation v. Home Owners Warranty Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-09-02· cited 4×
• Cenergy Corp. v. Bryson Oil & Gas P.L.C.
  D. Nevada· 1987-04-28· cited 4×
• Sahagen Satellite Technology Group, LLC v. Ellipso, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2000-09-27· cited 1×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Henshaw v. American Cement Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1969-03-21· cited 43×
• Martin v. D. B. Martin Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1913-10-28· cited 37×
• General Time Corporation v. Talley Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1968-04-04· cited 36×
• Bodley v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1947-11-06· cited 21×
• Nodana Petroleum Corporation v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1956-06-14· cited 19×
• Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Kerkorian
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1969-05-27· cited 19×
• EL Bruce Company v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1958-09-11· cited 18×
• Mite Corporation v. Heli-Coil Corporation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1969-08-18· cited 17×
• Weisman v. Western Pacific Industries, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1975-09-02· cited 9×
• State v. Jessup & Moore Paper Co.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1913-10-04· cited 8×
• Credit Bureau of St. Paul, Inc. v. Credit Bureau Reports, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1972-03-21· cited 5×
• Credit Bureau Reports, Inc. v. Credit Bureau of St. Paul, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1972-04-06· cited 5×
• State Ex Rel. Armour & Co. v. Gulf Sulphur Corp.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1967-04-25· cited 4×
• In re the Estate of Monaghan
  Delaware Orphan's Court· 1956-06-01· cited 4×