OMNICARE, INC., Plaintiff Below, Appellant,
v.
NCS HEALTHCARE, INC., Jon H. Outcalt, Kevin B. Shaw, Boake A. Sells, Richard L. Osborne, Genesis Health Ventures, Inc., and Geneva Sub, Inc., Defendants Below, Appellee.
Robert M. Miles, Guillerma Marti, Anthony Noble, Jeffrey Treadway, Tillie Saltzman, Dolphin Limited Partnership I, L.P., Ramesh Mehan, Renee Mehan, Renee Mehan Ira, Saroj Mehan, Maneesh Mehan, Rahul Mehan, Joel Mehan, Lajia Mehan, Darshan Mehan Ira, Danshal Mehan (Rollover Ira), Arsh N. Mehan, Arsh N. Mehan (Roth Ira), Ashok K. Mehan, and Ashok K. Mehan Ira, Ira, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants,
v.
Jon H. Outcalt, Kevin E. Shaw, Boake A. Sells, Richard L. Osborne, Genesis Health Ventures, Inc., Genesis Sub, Inc., and NCS Healthcare, Inc., Defendants Below, Appellees.
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Submitted: December 10, 2002.
Decided: April 4, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Donald J. Wolfe, Jr. (argued), Kevin R. Shannon, Michael A. Pittenger, John M. Seaman, Richard L. Renck, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, Robert C. Myers, Seth C. Farber, James P. Smith III, David F. Owens, Melanie R. Moss, of Dewey Ballantine, LLP, New York City, for appellant.
Edward P. Welch (argued), Edward B. Micheletti, Katherine J. Neikirk, James A. Whitney, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, Mark A. Phillips, of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, Cleveland, OH, for appellees, NCS HealthCare, Inc., Boake A. Sells and Richard L. Osborne.
David C. McBride (argued), Bruce L. Silverstein, Christian Douglas Wright, Adam W. Poff, of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, Paul Vizcarrondo, Jr., Theodore N. Mirvis (argued), Mark Gordon, John F. Lynch, Lauryn P. Gouldin, of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, for Genesis Health Ventures, Inc. and Geneva Sub, Inc.
Edward M. McNally, Michael A. Weidinger, Elizabeth A. Brown, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, Timothy G. Warner, and James R. Bright, of Spieth, Bell, McCurdy & Newell Co., Cleveland, OH, for defendant, Kevin B. Shaw.
Jon E. Abramczyk, Brian J. McTear, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Frances Floriano Goins, and Thomas G. Kovach, of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH, for defendant, Jon H. Outcalt.
Joseph A. Rosenthal (argued), Carmella P. Keener, of Rosenthal, Monhait, Gross & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, Daniel A. Osborn of Beatie and Osborn, LLP, New York City and Richard B. Bemporad, Lowey, Dannenberg, Bemporad & Selinger, LLP, White Plains, NY, for plaintiffs.
Robert J. Kriner, Jr., of Chimicles & Tikellis, LLP, Wilmington, liaison counsel for plaintiffs.
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, BERGER and STEELE, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.
Supreme Court of Delaware.
HOLLAND, Justice, for the majority:
NCS Healthcare, Inc. ("NCS"), a Delaware corporation, was the object of competing acquisition bids, one by Genesis Health Ventures, Inc. ("Genesis"), a Pennsylvania corporation, and the other by Omnicare, Inc. ("Omnicare"), a Delaware corporation. The proceedings before this Court were expedited due to exigent circumstances, including the pendency of the stockholders' meeting to consider...
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