Legal Opinion
Getty Oil Company v. Skelly Oil Company
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided June 1, 1970PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a declaratory judgment action brought by a corporate parent for the purpose of determining its duty, if any, to share oil import allocations with its subsidiary.
Getty Oil Company (Getty), a Delaware corporation, owns (through Mission Corporation, a publicly owned holding company) 71% of the stock of Skelly Oil Company (Skelly). Skelly is also a Delaware corporation and the balance of its stock is publicly held. Both parties are in the business of refining and marketing crude oil and crude oil products; Getty as a coastal refinery…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Sterling v. Mayflower Hotel Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1952
- David J. Greene & Co. v. Dunhill International, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1968
- Standard Power & Light Corp. v. Investment Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1947
- Western Pac R.R. Corp. v. Western Pac. R. Co. Metzger v. Western Pac. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
- American Hardware Corp. v. Savage Arms Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1957
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Aronson v. LewisSupreme Court of Delaware · 1984
- Weinberger v. UOP, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1983
- Rosenblatt v. Getty Oil Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1985
- Sinclair Oil Corporation v. LevienSupreme Court of Delaware · 1971
- Tanzer v. International General Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1977
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