Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Ward
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided June 16, 2004No. 567,2003PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice:
Shirley Lewis, the plaintiff-appellant, is a former shareholder of Amax Gold, Inc. (“Amax Gold”). The plaintiff brought this derivative action nearly seven years ago, challenging the fairness of a transaction between Amax Gold and its then majority stockholder, Cyprus Amax Minerals Company (“Cyprus”). While the litigation was pending in the Court of Chancery, Amax Gold merged with and into a subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corporation (“Kinross”), an Ontario corporation with no prior relationship to Amax Gold.
As a result of the reverse triangular merger between Amax Gold and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Aronson v. LewisSupreme Court of Delaware · 1984
- Rales v. Blasband Ex Rel. Easco Hand Tools, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1993
- Kramer v. Western Pacific Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1988
- Lewis v. AndersonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1984
- Alfred Blasband v. Steven M. Rales Mitchell P. Rales John Doe 1-10 Danaher Corporation, Alfred Blasband, Derivatively on Behalf of Danaher CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by53 opinions
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