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Charles 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, Appellees

1991-06-04 · Supreme Court of Delaware · United States

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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 1993-12-08In Re TRI-STAR PICTURES, INC., LITIGATIONSupreme Court of Delaware

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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 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 1985-11-20John A. MORAN and the Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation, Plaintiffs Below-Appellants, and Gretl Golter, Individually and in a Derivative Capacity, Plaintiff Intervenor Below-Appellant, v. HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Donald C. Clark, Thomas D. Flynn, Mary Johnston Evans, William D. Hendry, Joseph W. James, Mitchell P. Kartalia, Gordon P. Osler, Arthur E. Rasmussen, George W. Rauch, James M. Tait, Miller Upton, Bernard F. Brennan and Gary G. Dillon, 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 1985-03-14Alden 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 1982-04-20FIDUCIARY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Respondent Below, Appellant, v. FIDUCIARY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Petitioner Below, Appellee, v. Mary A. and Thomas F. GRASSELLI Endowment Foundation, Harry W. Grasselli and Josephine G. Winter, Fiduciary Trust Company of New York, Respondents Below, AppelleesSupreme Court of Delaware 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 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 1964-03-17Cheff v. MathesSupreme Court of Delaware

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