Legal Opinion
Empire Southern Gas Co. v. Gray
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided April 4, 1946PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Seitz, Vice-Chancellor.
This is the decision on the complainant’s motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent the respondents from soliciting proxies purportedly pursuant to authority given them by the board of directors of the complainant corporation, and from voting proxies so solicited at the annual meeting of the stockholders to be held on April 11, 1946. The bill of complaint, in substance, charges that the respondents have fraudulently led the stockholders to believe contrary to the fact that such solicitation is pursuant to authority given by the board of directors, and that by their…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dodge v. ColeIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
- Bouree v. Trust Francais des Actions de la Franco-Wyoming Oil Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1924
- Hall v. Trans-Lux Daylight Picture Screen Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1934
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. O'Hara Re-Election (Or Proxy) CommitteeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1939
- Aldridge v. Franco-Wyoming Securities Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1942
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3Cited by24 opinions
- University Computing Co. v. Lykes-Youngstown Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Hibbert v. Hollywood Park, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1983
- Dillon v. BergDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1971
- Steinberg v. AdamsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1950
- Gould v. American Hawaiian Steamship CompanyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1972
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