Legal Opinion

Coyne v. Park & Tilford Distillers Corporation

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided October 29, 1959PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

154 A.2d 893 (1959)

Maurice COYNE et al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants,

v.

PARK & TILFORD DISTILLERS CORPORATION and Schenley Industries, Inc., both Delaware corporations, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

October 29, 1959.

H. James Conaway, Jr., of Morford, Young & Conaway, Wilmington, for appellants.

Aaron Finger, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for appellee Schenley Industries, Inc.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., and WOLCOTT and BRAMHALL, JJ., sitting.

SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice.

This is a stockholders' attack on the legality of a corporate merger.

Prior to March 26, 1958,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Federal United Corp. v. HavenderSupreme Court of Delaware · 1940
  2. Keller v. Wilson Co. Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1936
  3. Beloff v. Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
  4. Davis v. Louisville Gas & Electric Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1928
  5. Davis v. Louisville Gas Electric Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1928

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Stauffer v. Standard Brands Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1962
  2. Stauffer v. Standard Brands Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1962
  3. Stauffer v. Standard Brands IncorporatedSupreme Court of Delaware · 1962
  4. Kemp v. AngelCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1977
  5. Stauffer v. Standard Brands IncorporatedCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1962

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