Publication Date: 2012-12-31
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Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Before: Friedman, J.P., Acosta, Renwick, Richter, Roman, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, Robert J. Giuffra, Jr. of Counsel.
for defendant: Respondents: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, Marc L. Greenwald of counsel and Dowd Bennett LLP, St. Louis, MO, James F. Bennett of the bar of the State of Missouri, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Viking Global Equities, LP, Viking Global Equities II LP, and VGE III Portfolio Ltd. Respondents: Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C., New York, David Parker of counsel, and Bartlit Beck Herman Plaenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago, IL (James B. Heaton, III of the bar of the State of Illinois, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for Glenhill Capital LP; Glenhill Capital Overseas Masters Fund LP; Glenhill Concentrated Fund LP; Glenview Capital Partners, L.P.; Glenview Institutional Partners, L.P.; Glenview Capital Master Fund, Ltd.; GCM Little Arbor Partners, L.P.; GCM Little Arbor Institutional Partners, L.P.; GCM Little Arbor Master Fund, Ltd.; GCM Opportunity Fund, L.P.; Glenview Capital Opportunity Fund, L.P.; Glenview Offshore Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd.; Greenlight Capital, L.P.; Greenlight Capital Qualified, L.P.; Greenlight Capital Offshore Partners; Greenlight Reinsurance, Ltd.; Royal Capital Value Fund, LP; Royal Capital Value Fund (QP), LP; RoyalCap Value Fund, Ltd.; RoyalCap Value Fund II, Ltd.; Tiger Global, L.P.; Tiger Global II, L.P.; and Tiger Global, Ltd. Mayer Brown LLP, New York, Andrew J. Pincus of counsel, The Federation of German Industries, German Issuers, The Association of German Banks, The Swiss Bankers Association and The European Banking Federation, Economiesuisse, Mouvement Des Entreprises De France, for amici curiae. Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Costa Mesa, CA (Mary-Christine Sungaila of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for German and American Law Professors, amici curiae.
Case Number: 650435/11
Cite as: Viking Global Equities, LP v. Porsche Automobil Holding SE, 650435/11, NYLJ 1202582751301, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided December 27, 2012)Befor