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Emanuel G. ROSENBLATT, Joseph Gruss, Carolyn Skelly Burford, Et Al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. GETTY OIL COMPANY, Defendant Below, Appellee

1985-05-09 · Supreme Court of Delaware · United States

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2026-07-23Samvit Ramadurgam v. Destiny XYZ Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware 2015-11-30RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, Defendant Below, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Joanna JERVIS, Plaintiff Below, Appellee/Cross-AppellantSupreme Court of Delaware 1999-03-16EMERALD PARTNERS, a New Jersey Limited Partnership, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Ronald P. BERLIN, David L. Florence, Rex A. Sebastian, Theodore H. Strauss and Hall Financial Group, Ltd., a Texas Limited Partnership, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1997-09-18Donald H. LOUDON, Jr., Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, Dwayne O. Andreas, Michael D. Andreas, Lowell W. Andreas, Martin L. Andreas, Ralph Bruce, John H. Daniels, H.D. Hale, John K. Vanier, M. Brian Mulroney, Marguaritta Rockefeller, James R. Randall, O. Glenn Webb, F. Ross Johnson, Shreve M. Archer, Jr., Ray A. Goldberg, Robert S. Strauss, and Gaylord O. Coan, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1996-08-23Marilyn ZIRN, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. VLI CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Robert A. Elliott, Charlotte O’Hara Vorhauer, Personal Representative of the Estate of Bruce Vorhauer, Lawrance A. Brown, Jr., Barbara Best North, and American Home Products, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1995-07-17CINERAMA, INC., a New York Corporation, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. TECHNICOLOR, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Morton Kamerman, Arthur N. Ryan, Fred R. Sullivan, Guy M. Bjorkman, George Lewis, Jonathan T. Isham, MacAndrews & Forbes Group, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, MacAnfor Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and Ronald O. Perelman, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1994-12-28Robert H. ARNOLD, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS BANCORP, INC., a Delaware Corporation, David T. Chase, Sanford Cloud, Jr., Lawrence Connell, Robert E. Green, Jerome H. Grossman, Betsy Henley-Cohn, Ronald D. Jarvis, Edward W. Large, Edward J. Okay, John F. Shea, Jr., Florian A. Stang, Jerry F. Stone, Jr., Bank of Boston Corporation, and BBC Connecticut Holding Corporation, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1994-04-05Alan R. KAHN, as Custodian for Amanda Kahn and Kimberly Kahn, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. LYNCH COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC., Compagnie Generale D’Electricite, Alcatel, S.A., Alcatel USA Corp., Frank M. Drendel, Raymond Hono, Francois H. De Laage De Meux, John Gailey and Gilles DuPay-d’Ageac, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1993-12-08In Re TRI-STAR PICTURES, INC., LITIGATIONSupreme Court of Delaware 1993-06-22Allen NIXON, Harry Matlock, Roy Jolly, Floyd Schisler, Doyle Roach, Doyle Gilliam, John Milbourn, Tony Futrell, Edward Wiseman, Harold Bouland and E.C. Barton & Company, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants Below, Appellants, v. Guy C. BLACKWELL, Guy C. Blackwell, III, Carolyn Mai Blackwell, Nancy Ann Blackwell, Trustee for Guy C. Blackwell, III, Nancy Ann Blackwell, Trustee for Carolyn Mai Blackwell, Mai Banks Blackwell, Executrix of the Estate of G. Lawrence Blackwell, Lea Ellen Blackwell, O.G. Blackwell, III, Dr. O.G. Blackwell, Custodian for Claire Blackwell, Laurie Blackwell Black, Janet Porter Blackwell, Dr. O.G. Blackwell, Thomas M. Bizzell, Trustee for Nancy Jane Lauck and Amanda Ann Lauck and St. Timothy Episcopal Church, Plaintiffs Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1993-03-08Marilyn ZIRN, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. VLI CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Robert A. Elliott, Charlotte O'Hara Vorhauer, Personal Representative of the Estate of Bruce Vorhauer, Lawrance A. Brown, Jr., Barbara Best North and American Home Products Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1992-04-23SHELL PETROLEUM, INC., F/K/A SPNV Holdings, Inc., Defendant Below, Appellant, v. Raymond A. SMITH, Edwina A. Tarry, George William Tarry, as Trustee, Joseph R. Reilly, John Bancroft Webster, and Edward F. Pohrer, Plaintiffs Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1992-04-09W.B. Dixon STROUD, Jr., Morris W. Stroud, Agnes S. Peele, and Anne S. Bradford, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. J. Peter GRACE, Dr. George C. Dacey, Dr. T.J. Malone, Roger Milliken, H.W. Jockers, Dr. H. Keith Brodie, Minot K. Milliken, F.G. Rogers, Rene C. McPherson, Gerrish H. Milliken, and Milliken & Company, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1991-04-11Ruth KAHN, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. HOUSEHOLD ACQUISITION CORPORATION and Household Finance Corporation, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1989-12-22Edith CITRON, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. FAIRCHILD CAMERA AND INSTRUMENT CORPORATION, Wilfred J. Corrigan, William C. Franklin, William A. Stenson, Walter Burke, Alvin C. Rice, C. Lester Hogan, Albert Bowers, Walter J.P. Curley, Schlumberger (California) Inc., Schlumberger Technology Corporation and Schlumberger Limited, Defendants Below, AppellantsSupreme Court of Delaware 1989-12-18Leonard BARKAN, Plaintiff and Settlement Objector Below, Appellant, v. AMSTED INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Robert H. Wellington, Gordon R. Lohman, Warren W. Rasmussen, Edward J. Williams, Robert P. Reuss, Roger E. Anderson, O.C. Davis, Thomas L. Martin, Jr., Bert E. Phillips, Robert T. Powers and Donald E. Nordlund, Defendants and Settlement Proponents Below, Appellees, Enid Mindich, Harry Lewis, Joseph S. Blumenthal and Ernest Brooks, III, Plaintiffs and Settlement Proponents Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1989-05-03MILLS ACQUISITION CO., a Delaware Corporation, Et Al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. MACMILLAN, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Et Al., Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1988-04-04SUMMA CORPORATION and William R. Lummis, Delaware Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Howard R. Hughes, Defendants Below, Appellants, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., Plaintiff Below, AppelleeSupreme Court of Delaware 1987-12-30John BERSHAD, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, and Dorr-Oliver Inc., a Delaware CorporationSupreme Court of Delaware 1986-10-22William B. WEINBERGER, Plaintiff, v. RIO GRANDE INDUSTRIES, INC., Harry Blundell, W.K. Coors, W.J. Holtman, Gerald H. Phipps, G.B. Aydelott, John Evans, Jr., Roy W. Simmons, William Thayer Tutt, David P. Gardner, Charles H. Leavell, D.E. Provost, Mayfield R. Shilling, the Anschutz Corp. and TAC Acquisition Corp., DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1986-03-13REVLON, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Michel C. Bergerac, Simon Aldewereld, Sander P. Alexander, Jay I. Bennett, Irving J. Bottner, Jacob Burns, Lewis L. Glucksman, John Loudon, Aileen Mehle, Samuel L. Simmons, Ian R. Wilson, Paul P. Woolard, Ezra K. Zilkha, Forstmann Little & Co., a New York Limited Partnership, and Forstmann Little & Co. Subordinated Debt and Equity Management Buyout Partnership-II, a New York Limited Partnership, Defendants Below, Appellants, v. MacANDREWS & FORBES HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff Below, AppelleeSupreme Court of Delaware 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 1985-06-10UNOCAL CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. MESA PETROLEUM CO., a Delaware Corporation, Mesa Asset Co., a Delaware Corporation, Mesa Eastern, Inc., a Delaware Corporation and Mesa Partners II, a Texas Partnership, Plaintiffs Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware

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1985-03-14Alden SMITH and John W. Gosselin, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. Jerome W. VAN GORKOM, Bruce S. Chelberg, William B. Johnson, Joseph B. Lanterman, Graham J. Morgan, Thomas P. O’Boyle, W. Allen Wallis, Sidney H. Bonser, William D. Browder, Trans Union Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Marmon Group, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, GL Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and New T. Co., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1984-03-01Senior ARONSON, Et Al., Defendants Below, Appellants, v. Harry LEWIS, Plaintiff Below, AppelleeSupreme Court of Delaware 1983-02-01William B. WEINBERGER, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. UOP, INC., Et Al., Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1980-02-20Edith K. BELL Et Al., Petitioners Below-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. KIRBY LUMBER CORPORATION, Respondent Below-Appellee/Cross-AppellantSupreme Court of Delaware 1979-10-02A. Elihu MICHELSON, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Louis C. DUNCAN, G. R. Ellis, Thomas D. Flynn, Joseph W. James, Mitchell P. Kartalia, Paul C. Nagel, Jr., Gordon P. Osler, Arthur E. Rasmussen, George W. Rauch, A. O. Steffey, James W. Tait, Robert C. Trow, Miller Upton, William E. Wehner, John C. Whitehead, D. C. Clark, John T. Gurash and Household Finance Corporation, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1977-10-20Charles KAPLAN, Plaintiff, v. Robert S. GOLDSAMT, Bernard J. Korman, Alan B. Miller, Leonard W. Cronkhite, Jr., Thomas L. Kempner, Leonard M. Leiman, Louis Rones, J. Irving Schwartz, Joseph Ziegler and American Medicorp, Inc., DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1977-10-18Libby G. LYNCH, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. VICKERS ENERGY CORPORATION Et Al., Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1976-06-14TSC INDUSTRIES, INC., Et Al. v. NORTHWAY, INC.Supreme Court of the United States 1975-01-20UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC., Defendant Below-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. FRANCIS I. duPONT & CO., Et Al., Plaintiffs Below-Appellees and Cross-AppellantsSupreme Court of Delaware 1974-01-10Louis S. GIMBEL, III, Plaintiff, v. the SIGNAL COMPANIES, INC., Et Al., DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1972-01-04Theodore LEVITT Et Al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. John A. BOUVIER, Jr., Defendant Below, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, and American Mushroom Corp., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant Below, AppelleeSupreme Court of Delaware 1971-10-22Abraham KAPLAN, Administrator, C. T. A. of the Estate of Nat Gluck, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. CENTEX CORPORATION Et Al., DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1971-10-20John PUMA, Plaintiff, v. J. Willard MARRIOTT Et Al., DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1971-06-18SINCLAIR OIL CORPORATION, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. Francis S. LEVIEN, Plaintiff Below, AppelleeSupreme Court 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 1970-04-16Harry BASTIAN Et Al., Appellants, v. BOURNS, INC., a Corporation of the State of California Et Al., AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1970-01-26MILLS Et Al. v. ELECTRIC AUTO-LITE CO. Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States 1969-07-31Harry BASTIAN, Jarlath W. Brady and Edwin Mulcahy, in Their Own Right and as Representatives of All Other Stockholders of Chicago Aerial Industries, Inc. Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. BOURNS, INC., a Corporation of the State of California and Bourns C. A. I., Inc., a Corporation of the State of Delaware and Chicago Aerial Industries, Inc., a Corporation of the State of Delaware, DefendantsCourt of Chancery 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 1968-09-27In Re OLIVETTI UNDERWOOD CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, an Appraisal ProceedingCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1965-08-02Application of Delaware Racing AssociationSupreme Court of Delaware 1963-01-24Graham v. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing CompanySupreme Court of Delaware 1961-05-25Lutz v. BoasCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1960-02-11Beard v. ElsterSupreme Court of Delaware 1960-01-25Adams v. RC Williams & CompanyCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1956-06-08Sporborg v. City Specialty StoresCourt of Chancery of Delaware 1956-04-02Oswald L. Johnston, Floyd B. Odlum, and Airfleets, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (Who Were Sued With George E. Allen, Eastman Birkett and W. C. Rockefeller, as Co-Defendants), Appellants, vs. Frances B. Greene and Myron L. Greene, Executors Under the Last Will and Testament of Louis A. Greene, Deceased. AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1953-07-23Heller v. Munsingwear, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware 1952-11-18Robert D. Sterling, Ruth L. Sterling, Edward Sterling, Oliver Sterling, Elizabeth Parks Sterling, Realty Investing Company, Cathedral Estates, Inc., Charles Kimmelman, Milton A. Kimmelman, Allenhurst Realties, Inc., Rhinelander Improvement Co., Inc., Helen Kimmelman, Ida Kimmelman, Alma S. Porter and Ruth S. Frost, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, vs. Mayflower Hotel Corporation and Hilton Hotels Corporation, Each a Corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1952-11-05Fidanque v. American Maracaibo Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware 1950-06-08In the Matter of the Application of Tri-Continental Corporation, Petitioner Below, Appellant, vs. Stanley Battye, Central States Electric Corporation in Reorganization, Dreyfus & Co., Ilse Hirschmann, Otto Hirschmann, McDonnell & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, and Griffith Moore, Respondents Below, Appellees, for a Determination by an Appraiser to Be Appointed by the Chancellor, of the Value of the Stock of General Shareholdings Corporation Held by DefendantsSupreme Court of Delaware

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