Tandycrafts, Inc. v. Initio Partners

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “[c]hanges in corporate policy . . . if attributable to the filing of a meritorious suit, may justify an award of counsel fees” under the corporate benefit doctrine
• establishing similar requirements for the award of attorneys fees in cases after plaintiff files a complaint
• affirming award of fees to stockholder who pursued disclosure claim individually, rather than on a class basis, but obtained an injunction against a pending stockholder meeting, which benefitted all stockholders
• “In the realm of corporate litigation, the Court may order the payment of counsel fees and related expenses to a plaintiff whose efforts resulted in ... the conferring of a corporate benefit.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Levine v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-05-01· cited 325×
• Americas Mining Corp. v. Theriault
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-08-27· cited 178×
• Johnston v. Arbitrium (Cayman Islands) Handels AG
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1998-11-19· cited 166×
• Scion Breckenridge Managing Member, LLC v. ASB Allegiance Real Estate Fund
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-05-09· cited 159×
• United Vanguard Fund, Inc. v. TakeCare, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1997-05-22· cited 136×
• Auriga Capital Corp. v. Gatz Properties, LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2012-01-27· cited 97×
• Goodrich v. E.F. Hutton Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-08-26· cited 89×
• Carlson v. Hallinan
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2006-03-21· cited 86×
• In re Activision Blizzard, Inc. Stockholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-05-20· cited 74×
• Alabama By-Products Corp. v. Cede & Co. Ex Rel. Shearson Lehman Bros.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-04-27· cited 59×
• In re Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Shareholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2011-04-29· cited 57×
• Brinckerhoff v. Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2010-01-15· cited 45×
• Peart v. District of Columbia Housing Authority
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2009-06-04· cited 42×
• Ryan v. Tad's Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1996-04-24· cited 35×
• Emak Worldwide, Inc. v. Kurz
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-04-17· cited 34×
• Draper v. Paul N. Gardner Defined Plan Trust
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-05-28· cited 31×
• McGowan v. Empress Entertainment, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2000-12-21· cited 31×
• Bird v. Lida, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1996-04-05· cited 27×
• In Re Oracle Securities Litigation
  N.D. California· 1994-06-14· cited 24×
• Garcia v. Foulger Pratt Development, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-12-04· cited 22×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Aronson v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-03-01· cited 1,206×
• Pogostin v. Rice
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-06-21· cited 195×
• Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. Of Phila. v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.
  Third Circuit· 1973-10-31· cited 94×
• Chrysler Corporation v. Dann
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1966-10-17· cited 94×
• Sugarland Industries, Inc. v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1980-05-29· cited 85×
• CM & M GROUP, INC. v. Carroll
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1982-09-15· cited 84×
• Lipton v. News International, Plc
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-09-16· cited 79×
• Maurer v. International Re-Insurance Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1953-03-27· cited 68×
• Allied Artists Pictures Corp. v. Baron
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1980-03-13· cited 54×
• Reiser v. Del Monte Properties Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-10-04· cited 38×
• Walsh v. Hotel Corporation of America
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1967-06-21· cited 34×
• Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1986-07-11· cited 27×
• McDonnell Douglas Corporation v. Palley
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1973-05-25· cited 24×
• Division of Child Support Enforcement v. Smallwood
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-06-24· cited 8×
• Baron v. Allied Artists Pictures Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1978-11-28· cited 6×