Court of Chancery of Delaware
Highland Select Equity Fund v. Motient Corp., 2092-N
In an books and records action brought under 8 Del. C. section 220 purportedly to investigate suspected mismanagement and for use in conjunction with an ongoing proxy contest, the court denies plaintiff's demand in total as the circumstances and events in the matter showed an abuse of the section 220 process, designed for some purpose other than the exercise of legitimate stockholder rights.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/06/2006
- Published 07/19/2006
Judges
Court
- Court of Chancery of Delaware
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Kevin G. Abrams, Esquire, A. Thompson Bayliss, Esquire, Abrams & Laster, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Layne E. Kruse, Esquire, Gerard G. Pecht, Esquire, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Houston, Texas, Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
- For Appellees:
- Gregory P. Williams, Esquire, Lisa A. Schmidt, Esquire, Richard P. Rollo, Esquire, Harry Tashjian, Esquire, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; T. Ray Guy, Esquire, Robert R. Summerhays, Esquire, Nicole S. Gambrell, Esquire, Paige Holden Montgomery, Esquire, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Dallas, Texas; Richard W. Slack, Esquire, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, New York, Attorneys for the Defendant.