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McGOWAN v. FERRO

Civ. A. No. 18672.

859 A.2d 1012 (2004)

Edward T. McGOWAN, Plaintiff, v. Peter A. FERRO, Jr., Robert W. Kegley, Sr., William J. McEnery, Charles P. Hammersmith, Jr., William J. Sabo, Thomas J. Lambrecht, and Joseph Canfora, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: October 8, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Johnston, Danielle Gibbs of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, L.L.P., Wilmington; Richard B. Kapnick, Joel S. Feldman, Colleen M. Kenney of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Kevin G. Abrams, Thomas A. Beck, Thad J. Bracegirdle, John D. Hendershot of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington; Duane M. Kelley, W. Gordon Dobie, Lynn M. Ulrich of Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

OPINION

PARSONS, Vice Chancellor.

Plaintiff, Edward T. McGowan ("McGowan"), a director and stockholder of Empress Entertainment, Inc. ("Empress"), brought this action against the other six members of Empress's Board of Directors,1 all of whom were significant stockholders (the "director defendants"), and also against Empress's former President, Joseph Canfora ("Canfora"), and Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp. ("Horseshoe"). Primarily...

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