In early February, Justice Randy Holland, the longest-tenured member of the Delaware Supreme Court, announced his plans to retire at the end of March. At the time of his appointment in 1986 by Gov. Michael N. Castle, Holland was the youngest person ever to serve on the court. He became its longest-serving member in 2009.
According to our research, during his 33-year tenure, Holland authored over 800 electronically reported decisions and imparted a legacy of addressing several key areas of Delaware corporate law. In reviewing his most cited decisions, it is clear Holland has left a lasting imprint—most notably through his jurisprudence articulating the fiduciary duties of the directors of Delaware corporations and on the standard for judicial review of controlling shareholder takeovers. These four landmark decisions are among his most cited:
