In the Case Concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals ( Mex. v. U. S.) , the International Court of Justice (ICJ) held that the United States had violated Article 36(1)(b) of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Vienna Convention or Convention...

Plaintiff shareholder, Leonard I. Schreiber, brought a suit challenging the propriety of a loan from Texas International to defendant, Jet Capital Corporation, the holder of 35% of the shares of stock of Texas International. Schreiber alleged that the...

Shareholder Marvin Speiser was the owner of 50% of Health Med's common stock. Speiser was also president of Health Med and one of its two directors. He brought a suit against the company itself and Leon Baker, who owned the remaining 50% of Health...

Walter E. Ryan, a shareholder of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Maxim) who has continuously held Maxim shares since his Dallas Semiconductor Incorporated shares were converted to Maxim shares upon Maxim's acquisition of Dallas Semiconductor on April...

In June 1975, William Maldonado, a stockholder of Zapata Corporation, instituted a derivative action in the Court of Chancery on behalf of Zapata against ten officers and/or directors of Zapata, alleging breaches of fiduciary duty. Maldonado did not first...

This case involved a shareholders’ suit that challenged a stock option compensation plan for the directors of Mattel, Inc. The stock option compensation plan was approved or ratified by the shareholders of the company at its 1996 Annual Meeting...

On January 19, 2000, the Board of Directors of General Cigar Holdings, Inc. approved a merger agreement to which a subsidiary of an unaffiliated third party, Swedish Match AB would purchase the shares owned by the Unaffiliated Shareholders of General...

On August 7, 1943, Jacob Green agreed to sell to William Strain his waterfront home on Mercer Island for $35,000. The sale was payable as follows: Cash on delivery of sufficient Warranty Deed and evidence of clear title. It was, however, provided in the...

Sigfrid Anderson filed suit against the defendants, partners as Gouldberg & Anderson, to recover the possession of 93 pine logs, marked L S X, or for the value thereof. Anderson claimed to have cut the logs, section 22, township 27, range 25, Isanti...

Appellant, Diane Turner, and appellee, Donald Turner, were spouses who owned Baltimore Stage Lighting, Inc. (Company). The parties built the Company’s business based upon the Donald’s initial ideas. Diane was a minority shareholder of the...