Legal Opinion
Loretto Literary & Benevolent Institution v. Blue Diamond Coal Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided March 12, 1982PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARNETT, Vice Chancellor.
The plaintiffs brought this action because of the defendant Blue Diamond Coal Company’s delay in recording on its books the transfer of certain shares of Blue Diamond stock owned by the plaintiffs. This is my ruling on the plaintiffs’ request for the award of damages — which is denied — and on their request for an award of attorneys’ fees — which is granted.
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The defendants are the Blue Diamond Coal Company (“Blue Diamond”) and two of its officers. Blue Diamond is a Delaware corporation engaged in the business of mining coal in the Appalachian regions of Kentucky and…
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