Legal Opinion
Allen v. Prime Computer, Inc.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided April 8, 1988PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Justice.
This expedited interlocutory appeal arises from the adoption by Computervision Corporation of consent solicitation bylaws which delayed for at least twenty days the effectiveness of certain stockholder action taken by written consent. 1 Thus, we confront the validity of a bylaw purporting to provide ministerial review of such stockholder action under Datapoint Corp. v. Plaza Securities Co., Del.Supr., 496 A.2d 1031 (1985). Computervision and its directors (collectively, Computervision) appeal a decision of the Court of Chancery preliminarily enjoining Computervision from…
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