Legal Opinion
Preston v. Allison
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided December 14, 1994No. 296,1994PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERGER, Justice:
This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of Chancery overturning the results of an election of directors and declaring, pursuant to 8 Del. C. § 225, that appellees, John A. Allison and John F. Kooken, are the duly elected directors of US Facilities Corporation (“US Facilities”). The issue we address is whether an admitted mistake in effectuating beneficial stockholders’ voting instructions should be corrected by the Court of Chancery, notwithstanding the holding in Williams v. Sterling Oil of Oklahoma, Inc., Del.Supr., 273 A.2d 264 (1971). We conclude that, where one is…
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