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Corporations Research Guide

Research guide about corporations.

Judicial

Corporations:  Examples and Explanations (2015, 8th ed.), notes that "[c]orporation statutes are not all-encompassing; court decisions clarify and fill in the gaps of the statutes and the corporation's constitutive documents.   The most important judicial gap-filling involves the fiduciary duties of directors, officers, and controlling shareholders.   Common-law fiduciary principles that regulate abuse by those who control the corporation's decision-making machinery lie at the heart of corporate law." (section1.2.3, Role of Judge-Made Law, page 10)

Beyond the following Bloomberg Law and WestlawNext databases, be sure to check annotated state statutes,for cases which have interpreted a state corporation statute.

  • Bloomberg Law:  Practice Centers>>>Corporate>>>Corporate Home>>>
    • All Federal Corporate Opinions
    • All Delaware Chancery Corporate Opinions
  • Westlaw:  Practice Areas>>>Corporations>>>Corporation Cases 
    • "Cases from the state courts of all 50 states and the District of Columbia that relate to public, private, and not-for-profit businesses and corporations. Coverage varies by state."
  • Lexis:  Practice Area or Industry>>>Business & Corporate Law>>>Statutes and Legislation
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