Case Title: PEter Schoenfeld Asset Management LLC et al. v. Shaw et al.

Citation: 

Docket Number: 384, 2003

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2003-12-17T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
PETER SCHOENFELD ASSET MANAGE-§
MENT LLC, HUDSON VALLEY
§
PARTNERS, L.P., THE MERGER FUND, §      No. 384, 2003
LTD., SPHINX MERGER ARBITRAGE
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(THE MERGER), THE MERGER FUND,
§
WCM PARTNERS, L.P. and ZURICH
§     Court Below: Court of Chancery 
INSTITUTIONAL BENCHMARKS
§     of the State of Delaware in and
MASTER FUND LIMITED, on behalf of
§     for New Castle County
themselves and all others similarly
§
situated,
§     C. A. No. 20087
§
   
Plaintiffs Below,
§
Appellants,
§
§
              v.
§
§
JACK A. SHAW, LARRY D. HUNTER,
§
MICHAEL J. GAINES, EDDY W.
§
HARTENSTEIN, ROXANNE S. AUSTIN, §
JOSEPH R. WRIGHT, PATRICK J.
§
COSTELLO, STEPHEN R. KAHN, 
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JAMES M. HOAK, DENNIS F. 
§
HIGHTOWER and HUGHES
§
ELECTRONICS CORPORATION,
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Defendants Below,
§
Appellees.
§
Submitted: December 16, 2003
Decided:
December 17, 2003
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, STEELE and JACOBS
Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.
O R D E R
This 17th day of December 2003, upon consideration of the briefs of the parties,
and their contentions in oral argument, it appears to the Court that the judgment of the
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Court of Chancery should be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons set forth in
its decision dated July 10, 2003.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Court of
Chancery is AFFIRMED.
BY THE COURT:
                                       /s/ E. Norman Veasey                             
                    Chief Justice