Abelow v. Midstates Oil Corporation

1963-04-05 · Supreme Court of Delaware · United States

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first 1966 · last 1974 · busiest 1968 (2 judgments)

1974-01-10Louis S. GIMBEL, III, Plaintiff, v. the SIGNAL COMPANIES, INC., Et Al., DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1971-10-20John PUMA, Plaintiff, v. J. Willard MARRIOTT Et Al., DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1970-06-01GETTY OIL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. SKELLY OIL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant Below, Appellee; SKELLY OIL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant Below, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. GETTY OIL COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff Below, Appellant and Cross-AppelleeSupreme Court of Delaware 1968-12-24DAVID J. GREENE AND CO. Et Al., Plaintiffs, v. DUNHILL INTERNATIONAL, INC., and A. G. Spalding & Bros., Inc., DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1968-02-14William S. EPSTEIN, Plaintiff, v. the CELOTEX CORPORATION, the South Coast Corporation, South Shore Oil & Development Company and Jim Walter Corporation, DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1967-07-27Meyer M. MEYERSON, Plaintiff, v. EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY and Northwest Production Corporation, DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1966-06-03Esther R. Warshaw, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, vs. W. K. Calhoun, Charles F. Curry, F. W. Duboc, Ray B. Duboc, Robert M. Duboc, W. L. Gench, John Latshaw, K. H. Mead, C. C. Otto, Western Casualty and Surety Company, a Kansas Corporation, and the Western Insurance Securities Company, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware

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