Libby G. LYNCH, Plaintiff, v. VICKERS ENERGY CORPORATION Et Al., Defendants

1976-01-22 · Court of Chancery of Delaware · United States

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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 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 1981-04-03Libby G. LYNCH, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. VICKERS ENERGY CORPORATION, Esmark, Inc., William A. Alexander, Richard J. Boushka, Edward J. Hudson, Donald P. Kelly, Robert D. Phillips, Stormy F. Smith and Jack A. Vickers, Defendants, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1977-10-18Libby G. LYNCH, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. VICKERS ENERGY CORPORATION Et Al., Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware

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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 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 1967-06-02CONDEC 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 1963-11-05Orzeck v. EnglehartSupreme Court of Delaware 1953-08-11Bennett v. Breuil Petroleum Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware

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