HMG/Courtland Properties, Inc. v. Gray’s Empirical Analysis

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3 district · 8 state decisions

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1. “[T]he power of defendant directors to act in their director capacity arises exclusively under the Delaware corporation laws; defendant directors avail themselves of important privileges and legal powers and protections when they accept office as directors of Delaware corporations; by virtue of § 3114, defendant directors who accept such privileges are put on notice that they can be haled into court here to answer for breaches of Delaware corporation laws; Delaware has a legitimate interest in enforcing those laws; § 3114 is narrowly tailored to serve that legitimate interest and to compel the appearance of defendant directors only where that purpose is served; that the state’s legitimate interest outweighs any burden to defendant directors; and, as a result, defendant directors served in conformity with § 3114 can fairly be expected to defend suits here.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sample v. Morgan

2. “1) whether the [foreign] defendant over whom jurisdiction is sought has no real corporate identity from a defendant over whom jurisdiction is clear ...; 2) the existence of acts in [the forum] which can be fairly imputed to the [foreign] defendant and which satisfy the [state’s] long-arm statute and/or federal due process requirements.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 269 F. Supp. 2d 497 - Reach & Associates, P.C. v. Dencer