ROSENBLATT v. GETTY OIL CO.


493 A.2d 929 (1985)

Emanuel G. ROSENBLATT, Joseph Gruss, Carolyn Skelly Burford, et al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. GETTY OIL COMPANY, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: May 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Morris (argued) and Norman M. Monhait, Morris & Rosenthal, P.A., Wilmington, for Emanuel G. Rosenblatt, plaintiff below-appellant; William Prickett and Wayne J. Carey, Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, for Joseph Gruss, Carolyn Skelly Burford and the Gruss Entities, plaintiffs below, appellants.

Charles F. Richards, Jr. (argued), Donald A. Bussard, William J. Wade, Thomas A. Beck, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellee.

Before McNEILLY, MOORE, and CHRISTIE, JJ.


MOORE, Justice:

In this class action brought on behalf of the minority stockholders of Skelly Oil Company (Skelly) we review a Court of Chancery decision holding that the 1977 stock-for-stock merger of Skelly and Mission Corporation (Mission) into Getty Oil Company (Getty) was entirely fair to the plaintiffs.

For the first time since Weinberger v. UOP, Inc., Del.Supr., 457 A.2d 701

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