Legal Opinion
Happ v. Corning, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 20, 2006No. 06-1324PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
This appeal, involving issues of indemnification and duress, arises out of easily described events. From 1995 to 2000, Robert Happ served as a director of Galileo (later renamed NetOptix), a company that has now become a subsidiary of Corning, Inc. During his service as a director, Happ was covered by provisions, common in modern corporations, providing indemnification for Happ for liability he might incur on account of directorship.
Using the language of Delaware law, DeLCode Ann. tit. 8, § 145(a) (2006), the company provided (through by-law and contract) for…
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