Gerlach v. Gillam

1958-03-18 · Court of Chancery of Delaware · United States

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1995-11-22In Re SANTA FE PACIFIC CORPORATION SHAREHOLDER LITIGATIONSupreme 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 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 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 1974-01-10Louis S. GIMBEL, III, Plaintiff, v. the SIGNAL COMPANIES, INC., Et Al., DefendantsCourt of Chancery of Delaware

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