Supreme Court of Delaware

In a statutory appraisal action arising from an acquisition by merger, an order modifying the appraisal opinion is reversed where the dispute had become moot by operation of a settlement agreement, and the purported modification of the appraisal opinion therefore had no legal effect.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/01/2008
• Published 12/01/2008

Judges

• JACOBS, Justice:, Before HOLLAND, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael A. Weidinger, Esquire of Pinckney, Harris & Weidinger, LLC, Wilmington, DE;  Of Counsel:  Michael Swartz (argued) and Paul Derby, Esquires, of Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jon E. Abramczyk (argued), David J. Teklits and Justin B. Shane, Esquires, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunell, LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee.