HATLEIGH CORP. v. LANE BRYANT, INC.


428 A.2d 350 (1981)

HATLEIGH CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. LANE BRYANT, INC., Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided February 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Franklin Balotti, and Samuel A. Nolen, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for plaintiff.

A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, and Lawrence A. Hamermesh, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for defendant.


HARTNETT, Vice Chancellor.

Plaintiff Hatleigh Corporation ("Hatleigh") filed a demand, pursuant to 8 Del.C. § 220, to inspect and copy a list of the stockholders of defendant Lane Bryant, Inc. — a Delaware corporation. Lane Bryant resisted the demand and this is my decision after trial in favor of Hatleigh.

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Hatleigh is the record holder of 1,000 shares of common stock of Lane Bryant, Inc. and owns beneficially an additional 697...

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