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Theodore 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, Appellee

1972-01-04 · Supreme Court of Delaware · United States

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2015-11-30RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, Defendant Below, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Joanna JERVIS, Plaintiff Below, Appellee/Cross-AppellantSupreme Court of Delaware 2011-02-09WILLIAM PENN PARTNERSHIP, Robert M. Hoyt, Trustee Under Revocable Trust Agreement of Robert M. Hoyt Dated 6/30/93, T. William Lingo, Bryce Lingo, J.G. Townsend, Jr. & Co., Beacon Revex, LLC, and Del Bay Associates, LLC, Defendants Below, Appellants, v. Anis K. SALIBA, Trustee Under Revocable Trust Agreement of Anis K. Saliba Dated 6/27/91; And Rosa Ksebe, Trustee Under Revocable Trust Agreement of Kamal Ksebe Dated 5/22/85, Plaintiffs Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 2010-10-04Versata Enterprises v. Selectica, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware 2010-01-14ALASKA ELECTRICAL PENSION, FUND, Plaintiff Intervenor, Below Appellant, v. Stephen L. BROWN, Crady Family Trust, Michael Crady, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees, and Lyon Homes, Inc., General William Lyon, William H. Lyon, Harold H. Greene, Arthur B. Laffer, and Lawrence M. Higby, James E. Dalton, Richard E. Frankel, Gary H. Hunt, and Alex Meruelo, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 2005-08-01MONTGOMERY CELLULAR HOLDING CO., INC., Palmer Wireless Holdings, Inc., and Price Communications Wireless, Inc., Respondents-Below, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Gerhard Frank DOBLER, Chap Cell, Inc., Grace M. Kittrell, GTRW Partnership, Gary McKee, James E. Bryant, Lloyd E. Dawson, Gauld & Enschen Partnership, John Brown, Harold Swart and Essex County Cellular G.P., Petitioners Below, Appellees/Cross-AppellantsSupreme Court of Delaware 2005-06-28CEDE & CO. and Cinerama, Inc., Petitioners Below—Appellants, v. TECHNICOLOR, INC., Respondent Below—AppelleeSupreme Court of Delaware 2000-12-01INTERNATIONAL TELECHARGE, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Respondent Below, Appellant, v. BOMARKO, INC., a Delaware Corporation, James D. Azzar, Michael Bruce Azzar, Extrusions Division, Inc., and Painewebber, Inc., Petitioners Below, Appellees; Ronald J. Hann, Long Distance Communications, Inc. and Oncor Communications, Inc., Defendants-Below, Appellants, v. Bomarko, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, James D. Azzar, Michael Bruce Azzar, Extrusions Division, Inc., and Painewebber, Inc., Plaintiffs-Below, Appellees, Cross-AppellantsSupreme Court of Delaware 2000-12-01SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PHARMACEUTICALS CO., Smithkline Beecham Holding Corporation, Smithkline Beecham Corporation and Smithkline Beecham Biologicals S.A., Defendants Below, Appellants, v. MERCK & CO., INC., Plaintiff Below, AppelleeSupreme 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 1996-04-10Merle THORPE, Jr., by the Executor of His Estate, Peter M. CASTLEMAN, and Foundation for Middle East Peace, a District of Columbia Corporation, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. CERBCO, INC., Robert W. Erikson and George Wm. Erikson, 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 1995-01-11UNITRIN, INC., James E. Annable, Reuben L. Hedlund, Jerrold v. Jerome, George A. Roberts, Fayez S. Sarofim, Henry E. Singleton and Richard C. Vie, Defendants Below, Appellants, v. AMERICAN GENERAL CORP., Plaintiff Below, Appellee. in Re UNITRIN, INC. Shareholders LitigationSupreme 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 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 1991-06-04Charles M. OBERLY, III, Attorney General of the State of Delaware, Allan P. Kirby, Jr., Grace K. Culbertson, and Ann K. Kirby, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. Fred M. KIRBY, II, Walker D. Kirby, Fred M. Kirby, III, S. Dillard Kirby, Alice K. Horton, Jefferson W. Kirby, and F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants Below, Appellees, v. Allan P. KIRBY, Jr., Grace K. Culbertson, and Ann K. Kirby, Cross-Claim-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 1987-12-23Georges MARCIANO, Maurice Marciano, Armand Marciano, and Paul Marciano, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. Joe NAKASH, Ralph Nakash, Avi Nakash and Gasoline, Ltd., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1987-11-18IVANHOE PARTNERS, a Texas General Partnership, Et Al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Et Al., Defendants Below, Appellees. in Re NEWMONT MINING CORP. SHAREHOLDERS LITIGATIONSupreme Court of Delaware 1986-03-10William J. POLK, Jr., Et Al., Objectors Below, Appellants, Miriam Gelband and Leo Kayser, III, Objectors Below, Appellants, Seagoing Uniform Corporation, Objector Below, Appellant, Mollie Pin, Objector Below, Appellant, Mandel, Lipton & Stevenson Profit Sharing Plan, Objector Below, Appellant, v. Howard GOOD, Et Al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellees, and Texaco, Inc., Et Al., 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 1985-05-09Emanuel G. ROSENBLATT, Joseph Gruss, Carolyn Skelly Burford, Et Al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. GETTY OIL COMPANY, Defendant Below, AppelleeSupreme Court of Delaware 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 1983-02-15Robert E. HIBBERT, Et Al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC., Defendant Below, Appellee/Cross-AppellantSupreme Court of Delaware 1983-02-01William B. WEINBERGER, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. UOP, INC., Et Al., Defendants Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 1982-09-15CM & M GROUP, INC., Defendant Below, Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Thomas J. CARROLL, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, Cross-AppellantSupreme Court of Delaware

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1965-08-02Application of Delaware Racing AssociationSupreme Court of Delaware 1965-04-20DANIEL F. NARDO, WILLIAM v. NARDO, WILLIAM J. NARDO and NICOLA NARDO, a Minor, by His Father and Natural Guardian, FLORE A. NARDO, Contestants Below, Appellants, v. JOSEPHINE C. NARDO, Proponent Below, AppelleeSupreme Court of Delaware

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