Delaware Court of Chancery Decisions 2013
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7994-VCN
Date: December 30, 2013
Docket Number: CA 5969-JW
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7322-VCG
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8456-VCG
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8363-VCG
Date: December 12, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7532-ML
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7016-VCP
Date: December 9, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8465-VCG
Date: December 5, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8613-VCG
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: CA 5109-CS
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: CA 3730-VCN
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7204-VCN
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7710-VCP
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8381-VCP
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6546-VCL
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8405-VCG
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8123-VCP
Date: November 13, 2013
Docket Number: CA 4792-ML
Date: November 12, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7357-VCG
Date: November 9, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8980-VCG
Date: November 8, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7996-ML
Date: November 7, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8626-VCL
Date: November 5, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6559-ML
Date: October 31, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6844-VCG
Date: October 31, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6875-VCN
Date: October 31, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6896-VCN
Date: October 31, 2013
Docket Numbers: CA 7639-VCN, CA 7668-VCN, CA 7639-VCN -, CA -
Date: October 25, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8980-VCG
Date: October 22, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7939-VCG
Date: October 11, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8626-VCL
Date: October 9, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7263-MA
Date: October 4, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7471-VCP
Justia Opinion Summary: The party to an exclusive marketing, license, and distribution agreement (licensee) brought contract and tort claims in California against the other parties to that agreement and their affiliated companies (licensors).…
Date: September 30, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7543-MA
Date: September 27, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7554-VCG
Date: September 27, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7800-CS
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, Sirius SM Radio Inc. negotiated a capital infusion (the investment agreement) from Liberty Media Corporation in return for Liberty Media receiving preferred stock in Sirius. Under the investment agreement,…
Date: September 19, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8645-VCG
Justia Opinion Summary: Twenty-three plaintiffs (Plaintiffs) representing the interests of a stockholder faction challenged the validity of incumbent directorships elected at the corporation's annual meeting. The parties stipulated to holding a…
Date: September 18, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8432-ML
Date: September 16, 2013
Docket Number: CA 5843-VCL
Date: September 13, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6604-MA
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, Cecil W. Scott, executed two deeds (the 1996 Deeds) conveying two real properties he owned to his brother Roland fourteen years prior to being adjudicated a disabled person. Subsequently, one of Cecil's…
Date: September 13, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8075-VCG
Justia Opinion Summary: This matter involved the acquisition of R&S by KBR from ENI pursuant to a stock purchase agreement (SPA). At issue was whether the entire escrow fund should be released to ENI or whether it was entitled to a portion of…
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7098-ML-VCN
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff took exceptions to the Master's Final Report which allowed for the withdrawal of an agreed-upon arbitrator because he had concluded that he could not fairly and objectively resolve plaintiff's dispute with…
Date: September 6, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7603-VCG
Justia Opinion Summary: After the court concluded that respondent litigated in bad faith and that this matter was unnecessarily prolonged due to petitioners' ambiguously-drafted Petition to Quiet Title, the court directed petitioners to submit…
Date: September 5, 2013
Docket Number: CA 5969-JW
Justia Opinion Summary: The County moved for partial summary judgment, asking the court to uphold alleged land use restrictions created by two agreements (collectively, the "Master Plan") that were executed to govern the development of Pike…
Date: September 5, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7142-ML
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and two defendants engaged in settlement negotiations and, after the parties agreed to the amount of monetary consideration to be paid toward the settlement, one of the defendants was no longer willing to…
Date: September 5, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8168-VCL
Justia Opinion Summary: Trusts that owned fifty percent of the common stock of nominal defendant IMS alleged that two of the company's three most senior officers mismanaged the company in breach of their fiduciary duties. Trusts moved to compel…
Date: September 5, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8613-VCG
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Costantini, Jr. and Kahn sought indemnification for their fees and costs in underlying litigation involving Swiss Farm. The court concluded that Costantini was entitled to indemnification under Article 14 of…
Date: August 30, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8400-VCN
Justia Opinion Summary: R&D, a member of the Joint Venture, brought a books and records action under 6 Del. C. 18-305 and the Joint Venture's limited liability company agreement, seeking two categories of books and records that were in the…
Date: August 30, 2013
Docket Number: CA OL 7145-VCN
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought a derivative action on behalf of China Automotive alleging breaches of fiduciary duty, insider trading, and unjust enrichment against five members of China Automotive's Board. The court concluded that…
Date: August 27, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8367-VCG
Date: August 19, 2013
Docket Number: CM 17254-N-VCL
Justia Opinion Summary: Settlor established a trust (Trust) for the maintenance of two burial lots. The Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery (the Cemetery) and PNC Bank, N.A. (the Trustee) petitioned to modify the Trust, to direct that three…
Date: August 16, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7975-VCP
Date: August 16, 2013
Docket Number: CA OL 1512-VCL
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2000, Trados Inc. obtained venture capital (VC) to support a growth strategy that could lead to an initial public offering. The VC firms received preferred stock and placed representatives on the Trados board of…
Date: August 13, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6883-MA
Date: August 12, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8095-VCP
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff and Defendant entered into a license agreement for the development of boron-based small-molecule drug candidates for the treatment of acne. As part of the agreement, the parties agreed to arbitrate certain…
Date: August 12, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8453-CS
Justia Opinion Summary: Longview Energy Company filed a complaint against William Huff, Richard D'Angelo, and Riley-Huff Energy Group as a result of a breach of fiduciary duty committed by Huff and D'Angelo in connection with their usurpation…
Date: August 9, 2013
Docket Number: 3888-VCG
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs bought a townhouse condominium unit from Defendant. After the sale, repairs of leaks in the other condominium units caused by poor construction required the condominium board to collect special assessments in…
Date: August 5, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6354-VCN
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6900-CS
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7155-VCP
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7376-VCN
Date: July 30, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7903-VCP
Date: July 25, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8216-VCN
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners, residents of New Castle County, befriended a stray dog called Maggie. They later turned Maggie over to the Kent County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). Subsequently, Petitioners told…
Date: July 25, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8432-ML
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: CA 5886-VCP
Date: July 23, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7122-CS
Date: July 22, 2013
Docket Number: CA 4836-CS
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7322-VCG
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7662-ML
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6808-MA
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8270-VCG
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8513-VCG
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was a Delaware corporation. Plaintiff was a purported minority stockholder of the corporation. Plaintiff served Defendant with a letter requesting inspection of its books and records pursuant to Del. Code Ann.…
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7019-VCG
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs owned a house trailer on a leased lot in Defendants' trailer park. Plaintiffs desired to sell their trailer to a third party, which required a transfer of the lot lease to the purchaser. Defendants refused to…
Date: July 5, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7677-VCN
Justia Opinion Summary: Employee was employed by the State's Department of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families (Department). After Employee was injured during the course and scope of his employment, the Department concluded that…
Date: July 5, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8270-VCG
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: CA 4215
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: CA 4948-VCL
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7786-VCP
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7246-VCG
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7769-ML
Date: June 25, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7220-CS
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, stockholders in Chevron and FedEx, sued the boards of Chevron and FedEx for adopting forum selection bylaws providing that the forum of litigation relating to the companies' internal affairs should be…
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7999-CS
Justia Opinion Summary: This derivative suit was brought by the named plaintiff, a stockholder in United Technologies Corporation (UTC), on behalf of UTC. The plaintiff alleged that the UTC board of directors caused UTC to misrepresent…
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6990-VCL
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7668-VCN
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: CA 4586-CS
Date: June 11, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7151-VCG
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7151-VCG
Date: June 3, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6395-VCG
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6566-CS
Justia Opinion Summary: A holding company (Company) whose equity was solely owned by Defendant owned forty-three percent of M&F Worldwide (MFW). Company offered to purchase the rest of the corporation's equity in a going private merger. The…
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7135-VCP
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7237-VCP
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7163-VCL
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7975-VCP
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number: VS 5841-MA
Date: May 15, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7492-ML
Date: May 13, 2013
Docket Number: CA 4586-CS
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6511-VCL
Justia Opinion Summary: The board of directors of Primedia, Inc. adopted a resolution approving a merger agreement among Primedia, TPG Capital, and TPG's wholly owned acquisition subsidiaries. Primedia's majority stockholder, KKR, approved the…
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8090-VCN
Date: May 1, 2013
Docket Number: CA 4167-VCL
Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs sued for damages arising out of their sales of stock in Wayport, Inc. After the defendants' motion to dismiss in part was granted, the litigation proceeded to trial against the remaining defendants on…
Date: May 1, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7844-VCP
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: CA 20408-VCN
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6944-MA
Date: April 25, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7616-VCG
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a stockholder, made a demand to Defendant corporation, asking the corporation to prosecute claims against its officers and directors for violating their Caremark duties. The individual Defendants failed to…
Date: April 18, 2013
Docket Number: CA 3601-CS
Date: April 18, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6875-VCN
Date: April 18, 2013
Docket Numbers: CA 7639-VCN, CA 7668-VCN, CA 7639-VCN -, CA -
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7053-VCG
Date: April 12, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7743-VCG
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7793-VCG
Date: April 1, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7933-VCG
Date: March 27, 2013
Docket Number: CA 5671-VCG
Date: March 20, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7339-ML
Date: March 15, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7301-VCL
Justia Opinion Summary: Bloodhound Technologies, Inc. (Bloodhound) created web-based software applications for healthcare providers. Plaintiffs were five software developers, including Bloodhound's founder, whose work laid the foundation for…
Date: March 8, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8182-CS
Justia Opinion Summary: A hedge fund, TPG-Axon, which held a stake in Sandridge Energy, launched a consent solicitation to destagger SandRidge's seven-member board by amending the company's bylaws, to remove all the directors, and to install…
Date: March 7, 2013
Docket Number: CA 4113-VCN
Date: March 6, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7016-VCP
Date: February 28, 2013
Docket Number: CA 3601-CS
Justia Opinion Summary: Edgewater Growth Capital Partners (Edgewater), a private equity firm, invested in several businesses and put them together in one company called Pendum. Soon after the merger, Pendum began to fail to comply with the…
Date: February 28, 2013
Docket Numbers: CA 3940-VCN, CA 6170-VCN
Date: February 28, 2013
Docket Number: CA 4113-VCN
Date: February 28, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8181-CS
Date: February 27, 2013
Docket Number: CA 1165-VCN
Date: February 26, 2013
Docket Number: CA 4586-CS
Date: February 19, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7640-VCG
Date: February 18, 2013
Docket Number: CA 5671-VCG
Date: February 14, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8145-VCN
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: CA 5334-VCN
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: CA 2893-VCG
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7151-VCG
Date: February 7, 2013
Docket Number: CA 1091-VCL
Date: February 7, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8249-VCN
Date: February 5, 2013
Docket Number: C A 7663-ML
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6049-VCP
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent was a former corporation that for several decade was involved in the business of plastering and spray insulating. Due to the nature of its business, Respondent had been subject to hundreds of asbestos-related…
Date: January 31, 2013
Docket Number: CA 3663-VCN
Date: January 31, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6001-VCP
Justia Opinion Summary: This case addressed the allegations of a minority unitholder in a privately held medical device company. The unitholder, the former CEO of the company, became a minority stakeholder after accepting investments in the…
Date: January 31, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7048-VCN
Date: January 31, 2013
Docket Number: CA OL 6623-VCN
Date: January 30, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6868-MA
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: CA 4817-VCN
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8110-VCN
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8145-VCN
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8207-VCN
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: CA 8208-VCN
Date: January 18, 2013
Docket Number: CA 7668-VCN
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: CA 6861-CS
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