Legal Opinion
In Re Santa Fe Pacific Corp. Shareholder Litigation
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided November 22, 1995No. 224, 1995PublishedCited by 298 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VEASEY, Chief Justice:
In this appeal we decide when, in certain circumstances, a complaint in a corporate matter may properly be dismissed for faüure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Plaintiffs, a class of stockholders of Santa Fe Pacific Corporation (“Santa Fe”), appeal the dismissal of their complaint for faüure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Rules of the Court of Chancery (“Chancery Rule 12(b)(6)”). Plaintiffs filed suit against Santa Fe, its directors and Burlington Northern, Inc. (“Burlington”), chaüeng-ing a merger of Santa Fe and Burlington in the face of…
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