Legal Opinion

Credit Bureau of St. Paul, Inc. v. Credit Bureau Reports, Inc.

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided March 21, 1972PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARVEL, Vice Chancellor:

Plaintiff, a stockholder of the defendant corporation, seeks a list of its fellow stockholders, and there appears to be no doubt but that such demandant has fully complied with what may be termed the technical requirements of 8 Del.C. § 220, to-wit the prerequisites to the obtaining of such a list, i. e., a demand under oath and the formal phrasing in such demand of a proper purpose for the use of the list demanded.

At a meeting of ' its directors held on December 15, 1971, at which a quorum for the transaction of business was present, a resolution was unanimously…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. General Time Corporation v. Talley Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1968
  2. EL Bruce Company v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1958
  3. State Ex Rel. Watkins v. CassellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1956

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Skoglund v. Ormand Industries, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1976
  2. Kortüm v. Webasto Sunroofs, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 2000
  3. Hatleigh Corp. v. Lane Bryant, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1981
  4. Credit Bureau Reports, Inc. v. Credit Bureau of St. Paul, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1972
  5. Conservative Caucus Research, Analysis & Education Foundation, Inc. v. Chevron Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1987

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