HILDRETH v. CASTLE DENTAL CENTERS, INC.

No. 195, 2007.

939 A.2d 1281 (2007)

J. Warren HILDRETH, Jr., Judith Louise Hildreth, Robert Warren Hildreth, and Mary Martha Hildreth, Petitioners Below, Appellants, v. CASTLE DENTAL CENTERS, INC., Respondent Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: November 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin A. Guerke, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellants.

John D. Hendershot, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellee.

Before BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices.


BERGER, Justice.

In this appeal from an appraisal proceeding, we consider whether the Court of Chancery correctly allocated the corporation's fair value between the preferred and common stockholders. Appellants, common stockholders, contend that the preferred stock was void and that the trial court erred in valuing the preferred stock on an as-if-converted basis because there were insufficient authorized shares of common stock to permit the conversion. We hold that...

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