GOTHAM PARTNERS v. HALLWOOD PARTNERS

No. 372, 2001.

817 A.2d 160 (2002)

GOTHAM PARTNERS, L.P., Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. HALLWOOD REALTY PARTNERS, L.P., Hallwood Realty Corporation, the Hallwood Group Incorporated, Anthony J. Gumbiner and William L. Guzzetti, Defendants Below, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: August 29, 2002.

Revised: October 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. McNally, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Philip H. Schaeffer (argued), Dwight A. Healy, Karen M. Asner, and David G. Hille, of White & Case, LLP, New York City; and Theodore N. Mirvis, and Jed I. Bergman, of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, of counsel, for Appellant.

Michael D. Goldman (argued), Stephen C. Norman, and Matthew E. Fischer, of Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, and BERGER, Justices, and HARTNETT, Justice (Retired), constituting the Court en Banc.


VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this appeal, we hold that a limited partnership agreement may provide for contractually created fiduciary duties substantially mirroring traditional fiduciary duties that apply in the corporation law. The Court of Chancery held that the limited partnership agreement here provided for such fiduciary duties by requiring the general partner and its controlling...

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