Delaware Adoption Law
 

Tamra N. Robinson v. First State Community Action Agency





Tamra Robinson was told by her manager Karen Garrett that her work performance was so poor that “you either don’t know what you’re doing, or you have a disability, or [you’re] dyslexic.” Taking Garrett’s words seriously, Robinson, who had never before considered the possibility... More...
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Brinckerhoff v. Enbridge Energy Company, Inc

The facts are drawn from the Complaint, the operative limited partnership
agreements, other documents that are integral to the Complaint and matters of
which the Court may take judicial notice. a. The Parties
Plaintiff Peter Brinckerhoff (“Brinckerhoff” or “Plaintiff”), individually and
as trustee of the Peter R. Brinckerhoff Rev. Tr. U.A. DTD 10/17/97 (the “Trust”),
bring... More...
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In Re: Trump Entertainment Resorts

The facts giving rise to this appeal are undisputed. The Debtors own and operate the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The casino employs 2,953 employees, 1,467 of whom are unionized. UNITE HERE Local 54 is the largest of the employee unions, representing 1,136 employees. The most recent CBA between the Union and Taj Mahal was negotiated in 2011 for a three-year term. It co... More...    $0 (04-03-2016 - DE)

STATE OF DELAWARE v. LUIS REYES

The bodies of Brandon Saunders and Vaughn Rowe were discovered in a wooded area of Rockford Park in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 21, 1996. Nearly four years later, on December 6, 1999, Luis Reyes ("Reyes") and Luis Cabrera ("Cabrera") were indicted as co-defendants for the murders of Saunders and Rowe ("Rockford Park Murders").1 The State sought the death penalty for both Reyes and Cabrera in ... More...    $0 (03-13-2016 - DE)

RBC Capital Markets, LLC v. Jervis

As a preliminary observation, we note that, at oral argument before this Court,
counsel for RBC emphasized that RBC “intentionally made appellate arguments that do
not require this Court to review findings of fact.” Although RBC has chosen to avoid any
direct and specific challenge to the facts as found by the trial court, this Court,
nevertheless, has examined the appellate... More...
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Revolution Retail Systems, LLC v. Sentinel Technologies, Inc.

In 2011, Vector proposed a term sheet to acquire Tidel and its subsidiary,
Revolution. Tidel‟s majority stockholder, however, had high expectations for
Revolution‟s business prospects, and Tidel‟s Board rejected Vector‟s offer. Vector later
offered to acquire only Tidel, which Tidel accepted. Tidel and Revolution formally were
separated into two indep... More...
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Ernesto Espinoza v. Mark Zuckerberg, et al

This case presents a question of first impression: Can a disinterested controlling
stockholder ratify a transaction approved by an interested board of directors, so as to shift
the standard of review from entire fairness to the business judgment presumption, by
expressing assent to the transaction informally without using one of the methods the
Delaware General Corporation Law... More...
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In re Genelux Corporation

Plaintiff Genelux Corporation (the ―Company‖) is a privately held, clinical stage
biopharmaceutical company incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in San Diego,
California, with additional operations in Germany. Intervenor, Dr. Aladar Szalay, along
with Dr. Douglas Will and Dr. John Thomas (together, the ―Founders‖), founded Genelux
around 2001. In... More...
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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Kelty

Because the facts are not in dispute and have been discussed in previous opinions
by this Court4 and the Superior Court,5 we need not recite them in detail. On August 3,
2008, Kelty was helping his mother-in-law, Shirley Lovegrove, and her husband, John
Lovegrove, trim tree branches on their property. Before Kelty, who was standing in the
tree, cleared a branch, he would fast... More...
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In re TIBCO Software Inc. Stockholders Litigation

This decision is round two of an action in which a stockholder of TIBCO Software
Inc. challenges the per-share consideration that a private equity fund (“Vista”) agreed to
pay to acquire TIBCO in a merger that closed on December 5, 2014. The merger
agreement provided for stockholders to receive $24 per share. Based on the number of
fully diluted shares of TIBCO outstanding, w... More...
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Hartley v. Consolidated Glass Holdings, Inc

To understand the arguments that have been raised in this case, it is easier
first to describe what HFA is not, rather than what it is. HFA is not a recorded
subdivision in Sussex County. There is no plot plan, recorded or otherwise,
showing the numbered lots within HFA. Instead, HFA consists of several parcels
of land along a private road near Bridgeville.1 These parcels w... More...
   $0 (10-04-2015 - DE)

Garnet O'Marrow and Clarence Gardner v. Dean P. Roles, Jr., d/b/a D&M Training

To understand the arguments that have been raised in this case, it is easier
first to describe what HFA is not, rather than what it is. HFA is not a recorded
subdivision in Sussex County. There is no plot plan, recorded or otherwise,
showing the numbered lots within HFA. Instead, HFA consists of several parcels
of land along a private road near Bridgeville.1 These parcels w... More...
   $0 (10-04-2015 - DE)

Schnares v. General Floor Industries, Inc., et al

Defendant General Floor Industries, Inc. is a flooring store located at 4 Bellecor Drive, New Castle, Delaware.1 Defendant Commons Boulevard, L.P. is the owner of the property (collectively “Defendants”).2 Plaintiff Danny J.
Schnares filed the underlying complaint seeking to recover damages for personal
injuries he sustained as a result of a slip and fall on ice in the Defendants’ park... More...
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Trinity Wall Street v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

“[T]he secret of successful retailing is to give your
customers what they want.” Sam Walton, SAM WALTON:
MADE IN AMERICA 173 (1993). This case involves one
shareholder’s attempt to affect how Wal-Mart goes about
doing that.
Appellant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the world’s largest
retailer, and one of its shareholders, Appellee Trinity Wall
Street—an Episcopal parish headqua... More...
   $0 (07-06-2015 - DE)

Longpath Capital, LLC v. Ramtron International Corporation

In this appraisal action, the petitioner asks the Court to determine the fair value of
its shares in the respondent. On November 10, 2012, a third party acquired the
respondent in a hostile cash merger for $3.10 per share. The deal had an equity value of
approximately $110 million and paid a 71% premium over the respondent‘s unaffected
stock price of $1.81.
The petitioner acq... More...
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American Mining Corporation v. Michael Theriault

This is an appeal from a post-trial decision and final judgment of the Court of Chancery awarding more than $2 billion in damages and more than $304 million in attorneys’ fees. The Court of Chancery held that the defendants-appellants, Americas Mining Corporation (“AMC”), the subsidiary of Southern Copper Corporation’s (“Southern Peru”) controlling shareholder, and affiliate directors ... More...    $0 (08-29-2012 - DE)

Michelle J. Reid v. Michelle A. Hindt, et al.

In this appeal we consider whether the trial court violated plaintiff’s right to a jury trial by granting defendant’s motion for additur after a jury award of zero damages in a personal injury action. Appellant, plaintiff below, had moved for a new trial, and opposed the additur motion. Nonetheless, the Superior Court awarded $2,500 in additur, and gave defendant the option of consenting to th... More...    $0 (07-09-2009 - DE)

Mark Levy v. Sterling Holding Company, LLC; National Semiconductor Corporation; Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.

Mark Levy filed a shareholder derivative suit on behalf of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (“Fairchild”) against Sterling Holding Company, LLC (“Sterling”) and National Semiconductor Corporation (“National”) for disgorgement of short-swing profits, pursuant to section 16(b) of the Exchange Act of 1934. National and Sterling contend that two separate SEC Rules, 16b-3 and 16b... More...    $0 (10-01-2008 - DE)

Fred W. Bryant, by and through his Legal Guardian, anna M. Perry v. Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc., etc.

The appellant, Fred W. Bryant ("Bryant"), appeals from an order of the Superior Court, granting summary judgment and dismissing his malpractice action against Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc. ("Bayhealth"), as time-barred. We hold in this Opinion that the Superior Court erroneously granted Bayhealth's motion for summary judgment. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL ... More...    $0 (10-22-2007 - DE)

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