SELFE v. JOSEPH


501 A.2d 409 (1985)

Edward SELFE, Intervenor-Appellant, v. Jane JOSEPH, Claire Tenneriello, Andrew D. Sinauer, As Trustee under the Will of Alan E. Sinauer, Barnet Stepak, Daniel F. Mahoney, Diana Panopoulos, Custodian, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Shell Oil Company, Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, L.C. van Wachem, Peter Baxendell, S.P.N.V. Holdings, Inc., Shell Petroleum N.V. and the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: November 27, 1985.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Selfe, pro se (argued).

Richard L. Sutton (argued) and Paul P. Welsh of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington; and Cravath, Swaine & Moore, of counsel, New York City; for defendant-appellee SPNV Holdings, Inc.

Joseph A. Rosenthal (Argued), Morris & Rosenthal, Wilmington; and Abbey & Ellis; Lowey, Dannenberg & Knapp; Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones, of counsel, New York City; for plaintiffs-appellees.

R. Franklin Balotti, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for defendant-appellee Shell Oil Co.

Before McNEILLY, HORSEY and MOORE, J.


PER CURIAM:

Intervenor Edward Selfe, the owner of 100 shares of common stock of Shell Oil Company ("Shell"), appeals the opinion and judgment of the Court of Chancery approving, after hearing under Chancery Rule 23(e), settlement of six consolidated class action suits in which he was not a party litigant.

Selfe, the only remaining objector pursuing an appeal, seeks modification (not rejection) of the settlement. He...

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