Court of Chancery of Delaware

Defendants' motion for an order certifying an interlocutory appeal in a contract dispute brought by shareholders is granted in a case involving the enforceability of a board of directors' agreement to cede part of its authority over extension of their company's poison pill to shareholders.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/19/2006
• Published 02/06/2006

Judges

Court

• Court of Chancery of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stuart M. Grant, Megan D. McIntyre and Cynthia A. Calder, of Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE, for Plaintiffs., J. Travis Laster, of Abrams & Laster, L.L.P., Wilmington, DE, for Objector Liberty Media Corporation.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward P. Welch, Robert S. Saunders, Edward B. Micheletti and T. Victor Clark, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., Wilmington, DE, for Defendants.