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ORMAN v. CULLMAN

Civil Action No. 18039.

794 A.2d 5 (2002)

Joseph ORMAN, Plaintiff, v. Edgar M. CULLMAN, Sr., Edgar M. Cullman, Jr., Susan R. Cullman, John L. Ernst, Peter J. Solomon, Bruce A. Barnet, John L. Bernbach, Thomas C. Israel, Dan W. Lufkin, Graham V. Sherren, Frances T. Vincent, Jr. and General Cigar Holdings, Inc., Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware.

Decided: February 26, 2002.

Revised: March 1, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Rosenthal, Carmella P. Keener, of Rosenthal, Monhait, Gross & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, of counsel, Stephen A. Whinston, of Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for plaintiff.

Robert J. Stearn, Jr., of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Delaware, of counsel, Curtis P. Lu, Michael J. Golden, Mary E. Britton, of Latham & Watkins, Washington, D.C., Marc Wolinsky, Elaine P. Golin, of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, for defendants.

OPINION

CHANDLER, Chancellor.

This purported class action involves alleged breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with the cash-out merger of the public shareholders ("Unaffiliated Shareholders" or "Public Shareholders") of General Cigar Holdings, Inc. ("General Cigar" or the "Company"). According to the complaint, plaintiff Joseph Orman ("Orman") is and was the owner of General Cigar Class A common stock at all times relevant to this litigation...

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