Legal Opinion
Elloway v. Pate
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided November 1, 2007No. 14-06-00062-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
J. HARVEY HUDSON, Senior Justice.
This is a shareholder class action brought by, appellant, Peter Elioway, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, against appellees, Donna C. Pate, In Her Capacity As Independent Executor of the Estate of James L. Pate, James J. Postl, Terry L. Savage, H. John Green-iaus, Brent Scowcroft, Lome R. Waxlax, Forrest R. Haselton, C. Berdon Lawrence, and Gerald B. Smith, for the alleged breach of their fiduciary duties in connection with the acquisition of Pennzoil-Quaker State Company (“Pennzoil”) by Shell Oil Company (“Shell”). We affirm.
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2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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