Legal Opinion
Kaplan v. Wyatt
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided November 5, 1984PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Chancellor.
On February 4, 1981 Jerome Kaplan, a shareholder of the defendant, The Coastal Corporation (hereafter “Coastal”), filed this derivative action on behalf of Coastal. Named as defendants in addition to the corporation itself are Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr. and WJS Shipping Associates, Inc. (hereafter “WJS”). Both Coastal and WJS are Delaware corporations. The defendant Wyatt is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Coastal. The primary business of Coastal, a large publicly held company, is trading in oil and petroleum products.
Kaplan’s complaint, as subsequently…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Auerbach v. BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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- United States v. Louis B. Pacheco and John N. Fountain, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by49 opinions
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