Title: Elting v. Shawe
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 90, 2018
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: May 3, 2018

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ELIZABETH ELTING,  
 
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No. 90, 2018 
 
Petitioner Below,  
  
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Appellant,  
 
 
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Court Below—Court of Chancery 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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of the State of Delaware 
 
v. 
 
 
 
  
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C.A. Nos. 9700 and 10449 
PHILIP R. SHAWE and SHIRLEY 
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SHAWE, 
 
 
 
 
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Respondents Below, 
 
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Appellees.  
 
 
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Submitted:   April 18, 2018 
 
 
 
 
Decided:     May 3, 2018 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, VAUGHN, SEITZ, and 
TRAYNOR, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc. 
 
ORDER 
 
 
This 3rd day of May, 2018, after careful consideration of the parties’ briefs and 
the record on appeal, we find it evident that the final judgment of the Court of 
Chancery should be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons stated in its 
Memorandum Opinion and Order dated February 15, 2018.  The Chancellor rose 
above the unjustified personal attacks on his integrity, and patiently and thoroughly 
addressed each issue raised in this bitter dispute, including Elizabeth Elting’s 
objections to approval of the Sale Agreement.  The Trustee also ably performed his 
duties under the same conditions.  Under the standard of review approved in the Sale 
 
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Order, the Chancellor properly held that the Custodian did not abuse his discretion 
in connection with the sales process or the Terms of the Agreements.          
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Court of 
Chancery is AFFIRMED.1   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Justice 
                                                            
1 Justice Valihura concurs in the Chancellor’s approval of the Sale Agreement given that the 
Court’s February 13, 2017 affirmance of the Sale Order is now the law of the case; but she notes 
that she continues to adhere to the views expressed in her dissent to that Opinion.