GROBOW v. PEROT

Civ.A. Nos. 8759, 8760 and 8765.

526 A.2d 914 (1987)

David GROBOW, et al., Plaintiffs, v. H. Ross PEROT, et al., Defendants. Beatrice L. RUSS, Plaintiff, v. Anne L. ARMSTRONG, et al., Defendants. Bronson MURRAY, Plaintiff, v. Roger B. SMITH, et al., Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.

Resubmitted: March 31, 1987.

Decided: April 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Rosenthal, of Morris and Rosenthal, P.A., Wilmington, Robert A. Skirnick (argued), Klari Neuwelt and Ellen P. Chapnick, of Wolf Popper Ross Wolf & Jones, New York City, Arthur N. Abbey and Judith Spanier, of Abbey & Ellis, New York City, Stanley N. Wolfe, Gary E. Cantor, and Susan Schneider Thomas, of Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa.; Stuart H. Savett and Barbara A. Podell, of Kohn, Savett, Klein & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa.; Lowell E. Sachnoff, Charles R. Watkins, and Joel N. Shapiro, of Sachnoff Weaver & Rubenstein, Ltd., Chicago, Ill.; Law Offices of Joseph E. Weiss, New York City; Stull Stull & Brody, New York City; Meredith & Cohen, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa.; Garwin Bronzaft & Gerstein, New York City; Harvey Greenfield, and Schoengold & Sporn, New York City, for plaintiffs.

William O. LaMotte, III and Thomas Reed Hunt, Jr., of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Stephen C. Neal (argued) of Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill. for defendants General Motors Corp. and Electronic Data Systems Corp.

Michael J. Basford and Louis H. Lindeman, Jr., of General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich., for defendant General Motors Corp.

E. Norman Veasey and Thomas A. Beck, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Dennis J. Block (argued), Irwin H. Warren, and Stephen A. Radin, of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for Director defendants.

Bruce M. Stargatt and David C. McBride, of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, M. David Bryant, Jr., of Hughes & Luce, Dallas, Tex.; Thomas D. Barr and Christopher M. Mason, of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for defendant H. Ross Perot.


OPINION

JACOBS, Vice Chancellor.

Presently pending are motions to dismiss in three1 consolidated shareholder derivative actions on behalf of General Motors Corporation ("GM"), challenging a repurchase by GM of certain securities and notes issued to defendant H. Ross Perot ("Perot"), a member of GM's Board of Directors, and to other persons. Named as defendants in one or more of the actions (in addition to GM) are GM's individual...

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