Publication Date: 2018-08-01
Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Energy
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger and Thomas Curry, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, and David Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, New York, NY; Jeremy S. Friedman, Spencer Oster, New York, NY; David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiff
for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, D. McKinley Measley, and Lauren Neal Bennett, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gerard G. Pecht, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, TX; Peter A. Stokes and William Patrick Courtney, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Austin, TX; Rolin P. Bissell and James M. Yoch, Jr., Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Holmes, Craig E. Zieminski, Amy T. Perry, Kent Piacenti, and Meredith S. Jeanes, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas TX; Raymond J. DiCamillo, Robert L. Burns, and Daniel E. Kaprow, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
Case Number: D68232
Breach of fiduciary duty claim following business combination transaction dismissed where, although plaintiff alleged controlling stockholder on both sides of transaction sought to benefit itself to non-affiliated stockholders' detriment, transaction was valid exercise of directors' business judgment.
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