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  • Albence v. Higgin

    Publication Date: 2022-12-27
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexander S. Mackler, Allison J. McCowan, Zi-Xiang Shen, Victoria R. Sweeney, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: M. Jane Brady, Brady Legal Group LLC, Lewes, DE; Charlotte Davis, Noel H. Johnson, Public Interest Legal Foundation, Indianapolis, IA; Julianne E. Murray, Law Office of Murray, Phillips & Gay, Georgetown, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: 342, 2022

    Same-day voter registration and vote-by-mail statutes violated the Delaware constitution, which specifically enumerated the categories of citizens entitled to cast votes by absentee ballot and also effectively undercut enumerated rights to challenge voter registration records.

  • The Samuel J. Heyman 1981 Continuing Trust for Lazarus S. Heyman v. Ashland LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, Miranda N. Gilbert, John P. DiTomo, Lauren N. Bennett, Thomas P. Will, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert N. Hochman, Heather Benzmiller Sultanian, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; Eamon P. Joyce, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Andrew J. Rossman, Jonathon B. Oblak, Nicholas Hoy, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Christopher Viceconte, Gibbons, P.C., Wilmington DE; Jennifer A. Hradil, William S. Hatfield, Camille V. Otero, Joshua R. Elias, Gibbons, P.C., Newark, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: 279, 2021

    Court reversed Superior Court's ruling in a breach of contract case finding that the clear and unambiguous language of the stock-purchasing agreement allocated all off-site environmental cleanup liabilities to appellee.

  • Protech Minerals, Inc. v. Dugout Team, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-09-20
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney S. Liebesman, Beth B. Miller, Kasey H. DeSantis, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Andrea S. Brooks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: 288, 2021

    Distributions from statutory trust constituted the personal property of the holder of the beneficial interest and could therefore be subject to garnishment by the beneficiary's creditors.

  • Geronta Funding v. Brighthouse Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew S. Dupre, Steven P. Wood, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory F. Fischer, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Joseph M. Kelleher, Brian D. Burack, Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
    Case Number: D69943

    Entitlement to return of paid premiums on a void ab initio life insurance policy was dependent on the policy owner's culpability and notice of the invalidity of the policy.

  • Griffith v. Stein

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony A. Rickey, Margrave Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Raffi Melkonian, Wright Close & Bargar, LLP, Houston, TX for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Farnan, Michael Farnan, Rosemary Piergiovanni, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; A. Arnold Gershon, Michael A. Toomey, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, New York, NY; Kevin G. Abrams, J. Peter Shindel, Jr., Matthew L. Miller, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert J. Giuggra, Jr., David M.J. Rein, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; Kevin M. Gallagher, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: D69949

    Court reversed the chancery court's decision approving a litigation settlement which included forward-looking statements that bound absent interested parties from bringing claims in the future, in violation of the Due Process Clause.

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  • Baldwin v. New Wood Res. LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean J. Bellew, Bellew, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Chris L. Gilbert, Gilbert PC, Dallas, TX for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Renée Mosley Delcollo, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69938

    Superior court erred in granting LLC judgment on claw back of indemnification where it failed to address defendant's allegations of bad faith by LLC in determining defendant's non-entitlement to indemnification.

  • Cousins v. Goodier

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Education | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen J. Neuberger, Thomas S. Neuberger, The Neuberger Firm, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney A. Smolla, Wilmington, DE; Douglas D. Herrmann, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Saunders LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69939

    Defamation | Tortious Interference with Contract | Loss of Employment | First Amendment Defense

  • Croda Inc. v. New Castle County

    Publication Date: 2022-08-09
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Forsten, Pamela J. Scott, Elizabeth S. Fenton, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen A. Swedlow, Athena D. Dalton, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Chicago, IL for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary A. Jacobson, Nicholas J. Brannick, New Castle County Office of Law, New Castle, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69910

    Lack of proper notice of zoning amendment could not render challenge to county ordinance timely under statute of repose where tolling was not applicable to statutes of repose.

  • NVIDIA Corp. v. City of Westland Police & Fire Ret. Sys.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory P. Williams, Brock E. Czeschin, Christian C.F. Roberts, Richards, Layton, & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John C. Dwyer, Patrick E. Gibbs, Claire A. McCormack, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA for appellant.
    for defendant: Seth D. Rigrodsky, Gina M. Serra, Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Frank R. Schirripa, Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; Gregory Mark Nespole, Daniel Tepper, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, New York, NY; Travis E. Downs III, Erik W. Luedeke, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Thomas J. McKenna, Gregory M. Egleston, Gainey McKenna & Egleston, New York, NY; Beth A. Keller, Monteverde & Associates PC, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: D69906

    Stockholders in §220 action could not rely on their own hearsay evidence to prove proper purpose where they refused to identify potential witnesses to permit the company the opportunity to conduct depositions.

  • Jack Lingo Asset Mgmt., LLC v. The Bd. of Adjustment of the City of Rehoboth Beach

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Hutt, R. Eric Hacker, Michelle G. Bounds, Morris James LLP, Georgetown, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Frederick A. Townsend, III, D. Barrett Edwards, IV, Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher LLC for appellee.
    Case Number: D69907

    City erred in denying application to install unroofed exit walkway on property due to exceeding floor area/parking requirements, where local zoning code did not unambiguously include such walkways within the definition of space counting towards gross floor area