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  • Brigade Leveraged Capital Structures Fund Ltd. v. Stillwater Mining Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel T. Hirzel, Elizabeth A. DeFelice, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence M. Rolnick, Steven M. Hecht, Rolnick Kramer Sadighi LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: S. Mark Hurd, Lauren Neal Bennett, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunell LLP, Wilmington, DE; James R. Warnot, Jr., Adam S. Lurie, Brenda D. DiLuigi, Nicole E. Jerry, Elizabeth M. Raulston, Linklaters LLP, New York, NY for appellee.
    Case Number: D69166

    Rejection of stockholders' appraisal action not an abuse of discretion where multiple indicia of reliability supported chancery court's decision to find deal price the most persuasive indicator of acquired company's value.

  • Lacey v. Mota-Velasco

    Publication Date: 2020-10-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, Spencer Oster, David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty, John P. Ditomo, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bradley J. Benoit, Bryan Dumesnil, Bracewell LLP, Houston, TX; Ralph D. McBride, Houston, TX; Srinivas M. Raju, Andrew J. Peach, Matthew W. Murphy, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Steven R. Selsberg, S. Selsberg Law, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX; Sylvai A. Mayer, S. Mayer Law PLLC, Houston, TX; Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Matthew F. Davis, Elizabeth M. Taylor, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., David M.J. Rein, Matthew A. Peller, Y Carson Zhou, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69164

    The court granted a motion to dismiss as to a foreign defendant due to lack of personal jurisdiction, because plaintiff failed to allege any acts in Delaware which were in furtherance of a conspiracy.

  • MTA Canada Royalty Corp. v. Compania Minera Pangea, S.A. DE C.V.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter L. Frattareli, Kevin F. Shaw, Archer & Greiner, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert A. Penza, Christina B. Vavala, Polsinelli PC, Wilmington, DE; R. Montgomery Donaldson, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69137

    The unambiguous language of a contract included an anti-assignment provision.

  • In re Emerge Energy Serv. LP

    Publication Date: 2020-01-08
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Owens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D68833

    Bankruptcy court determined that a plan for reorganization could be approved, but only if a third-party release provision was modified.

  • In re: Chaparral Energy, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-09
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark D. Collins and John H. Knight, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A, Wilmington, DE; Richard A. Levy, Keith A. Simon, and Christopher Harris, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Seth Niederman, William H. Stassen, and Dana S. Katz, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: D68728

    Bankruptcy court did not abuse discretion to apply Bankruptcy Rule 7023 where it had grounds to find that all potential class members may not have been served with notice of the bar date, that certification would not adversely affect estate administration, and that the class claim would serve a deterrent effect upon the reorganized debtor.

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  • In re: Appraisal of Stillwater Mining Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-04
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel T. Hirzel, II, Elizabeth A. DeFelice, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence M. Rolnick, Steven M. Hecht, Jonathan M. Kass and Glenn McGillivray, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, New York, NY for petitioners.
    for defendant: S. Mark Hurd and Lauren Neal Bennett, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; James R. Warnot, Jr., Adam S. Lurie, Brenda D. DiLuigi, Nicole E. Jerry and Elizabeth M. Raulston, Linklaters LLP, New York, NY for respondent.
    Case Number: D68690

    In this statutory appraisal proceeding, the court concluded that the deal price was the most persuasive indicator of fair value at the time of the merger.

  • In re: Vantage Drilling Int'l

    Publication Date: 2019-07-03
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D68619

    Parties in this bankruptcy matter lacked standing to object to debtor's plan of reorganization.

  • Oxbow Carbon & Minerals Holdings, Inc. v. Crestview-Oxbow Acquisition, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-01-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman and Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David B. Hennes, C. Thomas Brown, Adam M. Harris and Elizabeth D. Johnston, Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs Oxbow Carbon & Mineral Holdings, Ingraham Investments, William I. Koch and Oxbow Carbon Investment Co. LLC. Kenneth J. Nachbar, Thomas W. Briggs, Jr. and Richard Li, Morris, Nich-ols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Robert Popeo, Michael S. Gardener and Breton Leo-ne-Quick, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., Boston, MA for plaintiff
    for defendant: Oxbow Carbon LLC. Kevin G. Abrams, Michael A. Barlow and April M. Kirby, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brock E. Czeschin, Matthew D. Perri and Sarah A. Galetta, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Chad Johnson, Jennifer Barrett, Silpa Maruri, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Christopher Landau, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sul-livan, LLP, Washington, DC for defendant Crestview-Oxbow Acquisition. J. Clayton Athey and John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Dale C. Christensen, Jr and Michael B. Weitman, Seward & Kissell, LLP, New York, NY for defendant Load Line Capital
    Case Number: D68441

    The plain language of an LLC agreement governed the parties' dispute, and the trial court improperly implied a cove-nant where no contractual gap existed. Affirmed in part, reversed in part.

  • Goggin v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA

    Publication Date: 2018-12-12
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin and Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Seth B. Schafler and Seth D. Fiur, Proskauer Rose, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Seth A. Niederman, Fox Rothschild, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph Collins, Fox Rothschild, LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.
    Case Number: D68383

    Exclusionary clause of Directors & Officers insurance policy applied where claims against former directors would not have arisen but for their formation and use of investment vehicles, of which they were managers/members, to enrich themselves at the expense of the corporation for which they were directors and the corporation's creditors.

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

    Publication Date: 2018-08-22
    Practice Area: Damages | Government | International Law
    Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Jeffrey L. Moyer, and Travis S. Hunter, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert L. Weigel, Jason W. Myatt, and Rahim Moloo, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Miguel A. Estrada, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Samuel T. Hirzel, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph D. Pizzuro, Kevin A. Meehan, Julia B. Mosse, and Juan O. Perla, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for intervenor.
    Case Number: D68256

    Writ of attachment granted on government corporation-owned shares after showing government's pervasive control of corporation to overcome presumption of separateness.