1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.2d
  4. 531 A.2d
  5. 531 A.2d 206 (1987)
 

McDERMOTT INC. v. LEWIS

531 A.2d 206 (1987)

McDERMOTT INCORPORATED, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. Harry LEWIS and Nina Altman, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: September 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Richards, Jr., Esquire, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Richard F. Nolan (argued), and Dennis E. Glazer, of Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, of counsel, for appellant.

Norman M. Monhait, of Morris & Rosenthal, Wilmington, Mordecai Rosenfeld (argued), of Mordecai Rosenfeld, P.C., New York City, and A. Arnold Gershon, of A. Arnold Gershon, P.C., New York City, of counsel, for appellees.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., HORSEY and MOORE, JJ.

MOORE, Justice:

We confront an important issue of first impression — whether a Delaware subsidiary of a Panamanian corporation may vote the shares it holds in its parent company under circumstances which are prohibited by Delaware law, but not the law of Panama. Necessarily, this involves questions of foreign law, and applicability of the internal affairs doctrine under Delaware...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases