Tri-Continental Corporation v. Battye

How courts have described this case

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

• “The basic concept of value under the appraisal statute is that the stockholder is entitled to be paid for that which has been taken from him, viz., his proportionate interest in a going concern.”
• “The basic concept of value under the appraisal statute is that the stockholder is entitled to be paid for that which has been taken from him, viz., his proportionate interest in a going concern.”
• “The basic concept of value under the appraisal statute is that the stockholder is entitled to be paid for that which has been taken from him, viz., his proportionate interest in a going concern.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-02-01· cited 690×
• Rosenblatt v. Getty Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-05-09· cited 268×
• Sterling v. Mayflower Hotel Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1952-11-18· cited 196×
• Cavalier Oil Corp. v. Harnett
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-09-05· cited 154×
• Montgomery Cellular Holding Co. v. Dobler
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-08-01· cited 127×
• Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-06-10· cited 127×
• In re Orchard Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-02-28· cited 127×
• Reis v. Hazelett Strip-Casting Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2011-02-01· cited 126×
• Dell, Inc. v. Magnetar Global Event Driven Master Fund Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-12-14· cited 85×
• Warren v. Baltimore Transit Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-09-16· cited 77×
• In Re the Appraisal of Shell Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-05-26· cited 67×
• Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-10-21· cited 63×
• Rapid-American Corp. v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-01-23· cited 62×
• In Re Valuation of Common Stock of McLoon Oil Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1989-11-03· cited 60×
• Delaware Open MRI Radiology Associates, P.A. v. Kessler
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2006-04-26· cited 60×
• In re Rural/Metro Corporation Stockholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-10-10· cited 54×
• DFC Global Corporation v. Muirfield Value Partners, L.P.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-08-01· cited 54×
• Rothschild International Corp. v. Liggett Group Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-03-20· cited 52×
• Bell v. Kirby Lumber Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1980-02-20· cited 51×
• Onti, Inc. v. Integra Bank
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1999-07-01· cited 50×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chicago Corp. v. Munds
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1934-04-25· cited 81×
• In Re the General Realty & Utilities Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1947-03-26· cited 35×
• Root v. York Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1946-12-03· cited 9×
• Trincia v. Testardi
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1947-05-09· cited 4×