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Walker v. Lukens, Inc.

Supreme Court of Delaware
Jul 27, 2000
757 A.2d 1278 (Del. 2000)

Summary

holding that the fully informed stockholder approval of a merger invoked the business judgment rule

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Opinion

No. 623, 1999

Decided: July 27, 2000

Chancery CA 16102.

Affirmed.


Unpublished Opinion is below.

WRETHA EVELYN WALKER, CARRIE ANNE POLONETSKY, and MICHAEL ABRAMSKY, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. LUKENS, INC., R. WILLIAM VAN SANT, T. KEVIN DUNNIGAN, RONALD M. GROSS, W. PAUL TIPPETT, MICHAEL O. ALEXANDER, DAVID B. PRICE, JR., JOAB L. THOMAS, ROD DAMMEYER, SANDRA L. HELTON, and WILLIAM H. NELSON, III, Defendants Below, Appellees. No. 623, 1999 In the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware. Submitted: July 25, 2000 Decided: July 27, 2000

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices.

ORDER

This 27th day of July, 2000, the Court, having considered this matter on the arguments and briefs of the parties, and having concluded that the same should be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons assigned by the Court of Chancery in its well-reasoned opinion of December 1, 1999,

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Court of Chancery be, and the same hereby is,

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Walker v. Lukens, Inc.

Supreme Court of Delaware
Jul 27, 2000
757 A.2d 1278 (Del. 2000)

holding that the fully informed stockholder approval of a merger invoked the business judgment rule

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noting that "requiring disclosure of every material event that occurred and every decision not to pursue another option would make proxy statements so voluminous that they would be practically useless."

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In Walker, the court sustained the rescission of certain annuity loan transactions on the ground of commercial frustration after a Supreme Court decision eliminated the tax benefits of the contract.

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Case details for

Walker v. Lukens, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:WRETHA EVELYN WALKER, CARRIE ANNE POLONETSKY, and MICHAEL ABRAMSKY…

Court:Supreme Court of Delaware

Date published: Jul 27, 2000

Citations

757 A.2d 1278 (Del. 2000)

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