Case Title: Horizon Kinetics LLC v. Texas Pacific Land Corporation

Citation: 

Docket Number: 478, 2023

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2024-02-26T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
HORIZON KINETICS LLC,   
 
§ 
HORIZON KINETICS ASSET  
 
§ 
MANAGEMENT LLC, SOFTVEST   
§ No. 478, 2023 
ADVISORS, LLC, AND SOFTVEST,  
§ 
L.P.,  
 
 
 
 
 
§ 
§ Court Below: Court of Chancery of 
Defendants-Below,  
§ the State of Delaware 
Appellants,  
 
§  
§ C.A. No. 2022-1066 
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
§ 
§  
 
TEXAS PACIFIC LAND  
 
 
§ 
 
CORPORATION,   
 
 
 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
§ 
Plaintiff-Below,   
§ 
Appellee. 
 
 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
  Submitted:  February 21, 2024 
 
 
 
 
  Decided:  February 26, 2024 
 
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, TRAYNOR, LEGROW, and 
GRIFFITHS, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc. 
 
ORDER 
 
This 26th day of February, 2024, after careful consideration of the parties’ 
briefs and the record below, and following oral argument, we find it evident that the 
judgment of the Court of Chancery should be affirmed on the basis of and for the 
reasons stated in the Post-Trial Opinion dated December 1, 2023, and the Final Order 
and Judgment dated December 18, 2023, entering final judgment in favor of 
plaintiff-below, appellee Texas Pacific Land Corporation.   
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Court of 
Chancery is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Abigail M. LeGrow 
 
Justice