CEDE & CO. v. TECHNICOLOR, INC.


634 A.2d 345 (1993)

CEDE & CO. and Cinerama, Inc., Petitioners Below, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. TECHNICOLOR, INC., Respondent Below, Appellee/Cross-Appellant. CINERAMA, INC., a New York corporation, Plaintiff Below, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. TECHNICOLOR, INC., a Delaware corporation, Morton Kamerman, Arthur N. Ryan, Fred R. Sullivan, Guy M. Bjorkman, George Lewis, Jonathan T. Isham, MacAndrews & Forbes Group, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, Macanfor Corporation, and Ronald O. Perelman, Defendants Below.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: October 22, 1993.

Revised: November 1, 1993.

Upon Return to Remand for Clarification January 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary J. Greenberg (argued), and Sylvia L. Shapiro, New York City, Peter M. Sieglaff, Robert K. Payson and Arthur L. Dent of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, for petitioners/plaintiff-appellants and cross-appellees Cinerama, Inc. and Cede & Co.

Rodman Ward, Jr. and Thomas J. Allingham II (argued), John G. Day, R. Michael Lindsey, David J. Margules, Mary M. MaloneyHuss, Robert M. Omrod and Jeff A. Shumway of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, for respondent-appellee and cross-appellant Technicolor, Inc., in C.A. No. 7129, and defendants-appellees and cross-appellants MacAndrews & Forbes Group, Inc., Macanfor Corp. and Ronald O. Perelman in C.A. No. 8358.

Stephen E. Herrmann of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for defendants-appellees and cross-appellants Technicolor, Inc., Morton Kamerman, Arthur N. Ryan, Fred R. Sullivan, Guy M. Bjorkman, George Lewis and Jonathan T. Isham in C.A. No. 8358.

Before HORSEY, MOORE and HOLLAND, JJ.


HORSEY, Justice:

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Nature of Case

Prior Proceedings

Summary of Principal Holdings

This appeal from final judgment of the Court of Chancery encompasses consolidated suits: a first-filed Delaware statutory appraisal proceeding (the "appraisal action"), and a later-filed shareholders' individual suit for rescissory damages for "fraud" and unfair dealing (the "personal liability action...

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