Legal Opinion
Bruno v. Western Pacific Railroad
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided August 9, 1985PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERGER, Vice Chancellor.
Petitioners filed this appraisal action pursuant to 8 Del. C. § 262 following the cash-out merger between respondents, Western Pacific Railroad Company (“Wes Pac”) and Union Pacific Corporation (“Union Pacific”). With a trial date rapidly approaching, respondents have questioned this Court’s subject matter jurisdiction inasmuch as this merger between two railroads was approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission (“ICC”) as “just and reasonable.” At the direction of the Court, the parties briefed the issue of whether Subchapter III of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Schwabacher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Bruce E.M. v. Dorothea A.M.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1983
- Stott v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
- City of Palestine, Texas v. United States of America, Interstate Commerce Commission and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, William M. Gibbons, Trustee of Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor v. The United States of America and the Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Dover v. Philadelphia Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Butler v. GrantSupreme Court of Delaware · 1998
- Western Pacific Stockholders' Protective Committee v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Union Pacific, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Bruno v. CookDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1987
- C.G.O. v. R.A.O.Delaware Family Court · 2002
- C.G.O. v. R.A.O.Delaware Family Court · 2002
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