Legal Opinion

Investment Associates, Inc. v. Standard Power & Light Corp.

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided August 16, 1946PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Seitz, Vice-Chancellor.

The ultimate object of this litigation is to determine whether the class B common stockholders of Standard Power and Light Corporation (hereinafter called Standard) elected the two directors they were entitled to elect at the annual stockholders’ meeting held May 7, 1946.

This petition under Section 31 of the General Corporation Law, Rev. Code 1935, § 2063, to review the May 7 election is confined to the election of the two directors which the class B common stockholders were entitled to elect under Standard’s certificate of incorporation. I might add that the class B…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Standard Power & Light Corp. v. Investment Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1947
  2. In re Giant Portland Cement Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1941
  3. Gow v. Consolidated Coppermines Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1933
  4. Atterbury v. Consolidated Coppermines Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1941
  5. Holland v. National Automotive Fibres, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1937

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. In Re Walt Disney Co. Derivative LitigationSupreme Court of Delaware · 2006
  2. Moran v. Household International, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1985
  3. Blasius Industries, Inc. v. Atlas Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1988
  4. Beverly Beach Properties v. NelsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
  5. Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. v. JCC Holding Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 2002

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