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  • Wilkerson v. State

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Griffiths
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick J. Collins, Collins Price & Warner, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian L. Arban, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: 47, 2024

    Defendant who knowingly ingested unlawful drugs different from the ones they believed they were consuming was not entitled as a matter of law to assert an involuntary intoxication defense.

  • Hutcherson v. Villas at Bay Crossing Condo. Ass'n, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor David
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Berl, Jr., Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Alan D. Albert, O’Hagan Meyer PLLC, Wilmington, DE; R. Eric Hacker, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2024-0340-BWD

    Condominium unit owners plausibly alleged association's breach of governing documents by claiming that association entered "perpetual" leases with adjoining business owner to lease the condominium's common parking areas, rendering them unavailable for unit owners.

  • Manti Holdings, LLC v. The Carlyle Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rolin P. Bissell, Paul J. Loughman, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan R. Mureen, D. Patrick Long, John Tancabel, Margaret Booz, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Dallas, TX for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Albert H. Manwaring IV, Kirsten Zeberkiewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Van Kirk, Sarah F. Kirkpatrick, Matthew W. Lachman, Patrick C. Bradley, Cole T. Wintheiser, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C. for defendants.
    Case Number: 2020-0657-SG

    Defendant controller and directors did not breach fiduciary duties to minority stockholders from selling company where there was no evidence that controller was under pressure to force a sale of the company or extracted a non-ratable benefit from the transaction.

  • Polk v. Stewart

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor David
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dean Campbell, Law Office of Dean A. Campbell, P.A., Milton, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David C. Zerbato, Caren L. Sydnor, Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-1074-BWD

    Plaintiff was not entitled to specific performance where he repudiated parties' installment sale contract by stating he did not intend to settle and lacked the financing to close on a purchase.

  • Thomas v. Am. Midstream GP, LLC

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Closic, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael A. Pittenger, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 2019-0641-MTZ

    Court argued against interlocutory appeal of denial of general partner's summary judgment motion where the motion did not involve an issue of material importance or a conflict of precedent that would benefit from an interlocutory appeal.

  • Harman Int'l Indus., Inc. v. Illinois Nat'l Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Consumer Products | Electronics | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robin L. Cohen, Orrie A. Levy, Maria Brinkman, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alexander S. Lorenzo, Kelsey Kingsberry, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY; Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel London, London Fischer LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-05-098 PRW CCLD

    Insurers improperly denied coverage for underlying securities action where the settlement in that action did not qualify as increased deal consideration since the settlement was far below the claimed difference in actual and true deal price.

  • Marckese v. Delaware Solid Waste Auth.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angelica M. Mamani, Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher LLC, Dover, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Michael W. Teichman, Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, P.A., Dover, DE for respondent.
    Case Number: 2024-1342-KSJM

    Court denied horse owner's request for an injunction to recover horse's remains from landfill where recovery efforts risked exposing landfill workers and the public to health hazards due to the delicate engineering of landfills.

  • Hall v. Mundy

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor David
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jaclyn Quinn, DCRAC LAW, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Dean Campbell, Law Office of Dean A. Campbell, P.A., Milton, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2023-0253-BWD

    Court granted judgment to plaintiffs who presented credible evidence of paternity to establish their inheritance rights, where defendants failed to take action to assert their property rights, precluding any laches defense.

  • Gordian Med., Inc. v. Vaughn

    Publication Date: 2025-01-14
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew L. Cole, Stacy L. Newman, Jack M. Dougherty, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Ryan J. Morley, John W. Hofstetter, Littler Mendelson, P.C., Cleveland, OH for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr, LLC, Wilmington, DE; David E. Rothstein, Rothstein Law Firm, PA, Greenville, SCs for defendant.
    Case Number: 22-319 (MN)

    Court denied defendant's request for legal fees and costs where parties' agreement only allowed for recovery of costs and expenses upon a breach and the court's judgment concluded that no breach had occurred.

  • Crystallex Int'l Corp. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

    Publication Date: 2025-01-14
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert L. Weigel, Jason W. Myatt, Rahim Moloo, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Miguel A. Estrada, Lucas C. Townsend, Adam M. Smith, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Christopher Fitzpatrick Cannataro, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Elaine J. Goldberg, Ginger D. Anders, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC; George M. Garvey, Adeel Mohammadi, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant.
    Case Number: 17-151-LPS

    Court declined to enjoin alter ego/reverse veil piercing actions pending in other jurisdictions where the facts did not support finding that those actions would threaten the court's ongoing sale process.