Court of Chancery of Delaware

Defendants' motion to dismiss on grounds of forum non conveniens is granted in a suit for breach of fiduciary duty in connection with a freeze-out merger, where the defendants would be subject to overwhelming hardship if required to litigate in Delaware.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/30/2005
• Published 12/12/2005

Judges

Court

• Court of Chancery of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronald A. Brown, Jr., Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE, for the Plaintiff.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael R. Laskowski, Matt Neiderman, Duane Morris, LLP, Wilmington, DE;  Stewart D. Aaron, Veronica E. Rendon, J. Alex Brophy, Arnold & Porter, LLP, New York City, for the Defendants.