Publication Date: 2019-09-11
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Food and Beverage
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Zeldin, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott G. Burdine and Davie E. Wynne, Burdine Wynne LLP, Hou-ston, TX for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Timothy R. Dudderar, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants Blue Bell Creameries, U.S.A., Inc., Jim Kruse, Howard Kruse, Dickson, Rankin, Markwardt, Barhill, Ehlert, MacInerney and Ryan. Srinivas M. Raju and Kelly L. Freund, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants Bridges and Paul Kruse. Paul A. Fioravanti, Jr. and John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Hugh C. Connor II, Michael D. Anderson and Caleb B. Bulls, Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP, Fort Worth, TX for defendants Blue Bell Creameries, Inc. and Blue Bell Creameries, U.S.A., Inc. Joseph B. Cicero and Gregory E. Stuhlman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE for Blue Bell Creameries L.P. Michael J. Maimone and Jospeh C. Schoell, Drinker Biddle and Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE for Special Litig. Comm. of Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.
Case Number: D68701
Agency principles prevented a special litigation committee from having authority to manage this derivative litigation, because the court had previously held that the sole general partner which created the committee had a disabling interest.