George S. PETTY, Plaintiff, v. PENNTECH PAPERS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Et Al., Defendants

1975-07-29 · Court of Chancery of Delaware · United States

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1985-09-23Frieda H. RABKIN, Harry Lewis, Eric Emory, Alan Emory, Nancy Emory, Howard Greenwald, Werner Klugman and Samuel Kaufman, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. PHILIP A. HUNT CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Olin Corporation, Alfred T. Blomquist, Robert T. Zetena, John M. Henske, John R. Bonniwell, Charles J. Lause, Stephen R. Petschek and George J. Haufler, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1984-06-21Bernard POGOSTIN, Ann Brown and Irwin J. Newman, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. W. Thomas RICE, Eliot H. Stein, Fred Sullivan, A. Lightfoot Walker, Arthur C. Babson, Francis L. Cappaert, Edwin I. Hatch, Peter C. Huang, George T. Scharfenberger, Joe E. Lonning, Daniel E. Lyons, Stephen E. O’Neil, Eben W. Pyne, John H. Washburn and City Investing Company, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1981-07-06Ruth PANTER Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MARSHALL FIELD & CO. Et Al., Defendants-Appellees; Richard WEISS Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MARSHALL FIELD & CO., Defendants-AppelleesSeventh Circuit 1980-11-17Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,603, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,705 Treadway Companies, Inc. v. Care Corporation, Robert W. Browne, Daniel Cowin and Philip Dejourno, Care Corporation, Robert W. Browne and Philip Dejourno, Counterclaim v. Fair Lanes, Inc., Treadway Companies, Inc., Daniel Parke Lieblich, John R. McDonnell Simon Gluckman, Norman Brassler, Murray L. Cole, Samuel B. Dobrow and Bernard Mills, Counterclaim Care Corporation and Philip Dejourno, Suing Derivatively in the Right and for the Benefit of Treadway Companies, Inc., Counterclaim v. Fair Lanes, Inc., Daniel Parke Lieblich, John R. McDonnell Simon Gluckman, Norman Brassler, Murray L. Cole, Samuel B. Dobrow and Bernard Mills, Counterclaim and Treadway Companies, Inc., Nominal CounterclaimCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit 1977-09-23Louis S. SINGER and Mollie Singer, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. the MAGNAVOX COMPANY Et Al., Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware

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1974-02-07Louis S. GIMBEL, III, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. the SIGNAL COMPANIES, INC., Et Al., Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1974-01-10Louis S. GIMBEL, III, Plaintiff, v. the SIGNAL COMPANIES, INC., Et Al., DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1971-11-29Andrew H. SCHNELL, Jr. and Jack Safer, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant Below, AppelleeSupreme Court of Delaware 1967-06-02CONDEC CORPORATION, a New York Corporation, Plaintiff, v. the LUNKENHEIMER COMPANY, U. S. Industries, Inc. and U. S. Industrial Corporation, Delaware Corporations, DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1962-12-28Bennett v. ProppSupreme Court of Delaware

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