Unitrin, Inc. v. American General Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that burden rests on board of directors which has taken draconian, e.g., coercive, measures in response to hostile tender offer
• concluding that a proxy contest is not precluded by the existence of a poison pill, su-permajority voting requirement and fully implemented stock repurchase plan
• recognizing that this Court may affirm a trial court’s judgment on the basis of a different rationale than that relied upon by the trial court
• recognizing that this Court may affirm on the basis of a different rationale than that articulated by the trial court
• recognizing that this Court may affirm a trial court’s judgment on the basis of a different rationale than that articulated by the trial court
• recognizing that the Supreme Court may affirm a trial court’s judgment for reasons different than those articulated by the trial court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Tooley v. Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-04-02· cited 479×
• In Re Caremark International Inc. Derivative Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1996-09-25· cited 387×
• Orman v. Cullman
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2002-03-01· cited 318×
• Ramunno v. Cawley
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1998-01-22· cited 318×
• In Re Santa Fe Pacific Corp. Shareholder Litigation
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-11-22· cited 306×
• Gantler v. Stephens
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-01-27· cited 244×
• Cinerama, Inc. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-07-17· cited 242×
• In Re Walt Disney Co. Derivative Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2005-08-09· cited 206×
• RBC Capital Markets, LLC v. Jervis
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-11-30· cited 202×
• Williams v. Geier
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-01-23· cited 180×
• Emerald Partners v. Berlin
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-11-28· cited 149×
• Solomon v. Pathe Communications Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-01-04· cited 133×
• McMillan v. Intercargo Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2000-04-20· cited 121×
• Bradley v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-03-03· cited 117×
• In re Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc. Shareholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2013-07-23· cited 112×
• Solomon v. Armstrong
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1999-03-25· cited 109×
• Kaiser Aluminum Corp. v. Matheson
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-08-29· cited 103×
• In re MFW Shareholders Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2013-05-29· cited 103×
• Neal v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-11-08· cited 102×
• eBay Domestic Holdings, Inc. v. Newmark
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2010-09-09· cited 86×

Cites

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

• Aronson v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-03-01· cited 1,206×
• Rales v. Blasband Ex Rel. Easco Hand Tools, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-12-23· cited 768×
• Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-02-01· cited 690×
• Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-01-18· cited 456×
• Merrill v. Crothall-American, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-04-21· cited 407×
• Revlon, Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-03-13· cited 386×
• Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-06-10· cited 322×
• Grobow v. Perot
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-03-15· cited 295×
• Spiegel v. Buntrock
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-03-19· cited 293×
• Paramount Communications Inc. v. QVC Network Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-02-04· cited 265×
• Levitt v. Bouvier
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1972-01-04· cited 265×
• Sinclair Oil Corporation v. Levien
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1971-06-18· cited 258×
• Stroud v. Grace
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-04-09· cited 246×
• Mills Acquisition Co. v. MacMillan, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-05-03· cited 245×
• Pogostin v. Rice
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-06-21· cited 195×
• Moran v. Household International, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-11-20· cited 170×
• Schnell v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1971-11-29· cited 164×
• Ivanhoe Partners v. Newmont Mining Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-11-18· cited 157×
• Gilbert v. El Paso Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-05-16· cited 144×
• Blasius Industries, Inc. v. Atlas Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1988-07-25· cited 125×