MM COMPANIES, INC. v. LIQUID AUDIO, INC.

No. 606, 2002.

813 A.2d 1118 (2003)

MM COMPANIES, INC., Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. LIQUID AUDIO, INC., Raymond A. Doig, Gerald W. Kearby, Robert G. Flynn, Stephen V. Imbler, Ann Winblad, James D. Somes and Judith N. Frank Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grover C. Brown (argued) and Michael J. Maimone of Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, for appellant.

Stephen C. Norman, Kevin R. Shannon, John M. Seaman of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, L.L.P., Wilmington, Scott A. Edelman (argued), Courtney Scott and Sander Bak, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City, for appellees.

Before HOLLAND, BERGER and STEELE, Justices.


HOLLAND, Justice:

This is an expedited appeal from a final judgment entered by the Court of Chancery. That final judgment permitted an incumbent board of directors to adopt defense measures which changed the size and composition of the board's membership. The record reflects that those defensive actions were taken for the primary purpose of impeding the shareholders' right to vote effectively in an impending election for...

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