Supreme Court of Delaware

When a stockholder's claim, under 8 Delaware Code section 220, is based on alleged corporate wrongdoing (assuming it is meritorious), the stockholder should be given enough information to effectively address the problem, either through derivative litigation or through direct contact with the corporation's directors and/or stockholders.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/14/2002
• Published 06/14/2002

Judges

• BERGER, Justice., Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, BERGER, Justices and HARTNETT, Justice (Retired), constituting the Court en Banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Pamela S. Tikellis, Esquire (argued), Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Esquire and Beth Deborah Savitz, Esquire, of Chimicles & Tikellis, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware;  Robert S. Green, Esquire, and Robert A. Jigarjian, Esquire, of Girard & Green, LLP, San Francisco, California, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony W. Clark, Esquire, and Paul J. Lockwood, Esquire (argued), of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellee.