Case Title: Dweck, et al. v. Nasser, et al.

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Docket Number: 65, 2013

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2013-10-31T00:00:00Z

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
GIL DWECK, on her own behalf, 
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as Trustee of the NAOMI DWECK 
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KIDS INTERNATIONAL TRUST 
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and MAURICE DWECK KIDS  
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INTERNATIONAL TRUST and in   §  Court Below – Court of Chancery 
her capacity as a shareholder of and   §  of the State of Delaware 
on behalf of KIDS  
 
 
 
 §  C.A. No. 1353 
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION,§ 
SUCCESS APPAREL LLC and  
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PREMIUM APPAREL BRANDS  
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LLC,  
 
 
 
 
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Plaintiffs Below,  
 
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Appellants,  
 
 
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v. 
 
 
 
 
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ALBERT NASSER, 
 
 
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Defendant/Third Party 
 
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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Appellee, 
 
 
 
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and 
 
 
 
 
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KIDS INTERNATIONAL  
 
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CORPORATION,  
 
 
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Nominal Defendant, 
 
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Below, Appellee,  
 
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v. 
 
 
 
 
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KEVIN TAXIN and BRUCE FINE,  § 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Third-Party Defendants  
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Below, Appellants, 
 
 
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      Submitted:  August 21, 2013 
 
 
 
 
         Decided:  October 31, 2013 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and 
RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.   
 
O R D E R 
 
This 31st day of October 2013, the Court having considered this 
matter on the briefs filed by the parties and after oral argument, has decided 
that with one exception, the final judgment of the Court of Chancery should 
be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons stated in its Memorandum 
Opinion dated January 18, 2012; Post-Trial Order dated February 8, 2012; 
Order Granting Motion For Clarification dated February 27, 2012; 
Memorandum Opinion dated August 2, 2012; Accounting Order dated 
September 10, 2012; Order Resolving Issues Related to Final Order dated 
January 15, 2013; and Final Order and Judgment dated January 15, 2013. 
The one exception to a complete affirmance is found in the Order 
Resolving Issues Related to the Final Order dated January 15, 2013.  After 
Nasser refused to provide Dweck with access to her share of the foreign 
funds, Dweck asked the Court of Chancery to, at least, order Nasser to 
comply with his representation to the court and to pay Dweck’s share of the 
$15.1 million, equal to $4,533,147, plus interest, in partial satisfaction of 
Dweck’s damages.  The Court of Chancery noted that “Nasser’s 
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involvement or knowledge of Kellerman’s theft” has not been litigated.  The 
Court of Chancery refused to “revisit” its decision, stating instead that 
“Plaintiff’s remedy lies in appeal.”  The Court of Chancery should not have 
left it to this Court to address Nasser’s misrepresentations when those 
misrepresentations were the basis for the Court of Chancery’s ruling.   
Therefore, this matter is remanded to the Court of Chancery to determine 
whether Nasser is personally liable to Dweck for $4,533,147 plus interest. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the final 
judgment of the Court of Chancery is affirmed in part, reversed in part, and 
remanded for further proceedings in accordance with this order.  Jurisdiction 
is not retained. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice