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ROSSDEUTSCHER v. VIACOM, INC.

No. 444, 1999.

768 A.2d 8 (2001)

Emil ROSSDEUTSCHER, on his own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. VIACOM, INC., Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 9, 2001.

As Revised April 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Rosenthal, Esquire and Jeffrey S. Goddess, Esquire of Rosenthal, Monhait, Gross & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: Lawrence Deutsch, Esquire (argued) and Lane L. Vines, Esquire of Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellant.

William M. Lafferty, Esquire and S. Mark Hurd, Esquire of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: Stuart J. Baskin, Esquire (argued), Alan S. Goudiss, Esquire and John Gueli, Esquire of Shearman & Sterling, New York, New York, for Appellee.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and HOLLAND, Justices.

VEASEY, Chief Justice.

This case of first impression involves the application of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing to the contractual rights of holders of derivative securities issued in connection with the separate but nearly contemporaneous mergers of Paramount Communications, Inc. (Paramount) and Blockbuster Entertainment, Inc. (Blockbuster) into Viacom, Inc. (Viacom). These securities are known as Contingent...

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