WATKINS v. HAMM’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
March 2025
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc. · Aronson v. Lewis · Brehm v. Eisner · Tooley v. Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) who suffered the alleged harm (the corporation or the stockholders, individually); and (2) who would receive the benefit of any recovery or other remedy (the corporation or the stockholders, individually)?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to plead a direct claim under Tooley , a 'stockholder must demonstrate that the duty breached was owed to the stockholder and that he or she can prevail without showing an injury to the corporation.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“been the subject of confusion and criticism in the courts of Delaware, [and] that case may be on the verge of being abrogated or, at least, significantly limited.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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