YOUNG v. KLAASSAN

C.A. No. 2770-VCL.

948 A.2d 1152 (2008)

Peter V. YOUNG and Ellen Roberts Young, Plaintiffs, v. Paul J. KLAASSAN, Teresa M. Klaassan, David W. Faeder, Timothy S. Smick, Thomas B. Newell, Brian C. Swinton, Christian B.A. Slavin, Larry E. Hulse, Tiffany L. Tomasso, Robert R. Slager, Carl Adams, Ronald V. Aprahamian, Craig R. Callen, David G. Bradley, J. Douglas Holladay, and Thomas J. Donohue, Defendants, and Sunrise Senior Living, Inc., Nominal Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware.

Decided: April 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Rosenthal, Esquire, Carmella P. Keener, Esquire, Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Laurence D. Paskowitz, Esquire, Roy L. Jacobs, Esquire, Paskowitz & Associates, New York City; Samuel R. Simon, Esquire, Jacobs Law Group, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; Karin E. Fisch, Esquire, Orin Kurtz, Esquire, Natalie Marcus, Esquire, Abbey Spanier Rodd & Abrams, LLP, New York City, for Peter V. Young and Ellen Roberts Young.

Kenneth Nachbar, Esquire, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John C. Millian, Esquire, Matthew R. Estabrook, Esquire, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, for Paul J. Klaassan, Teresa M. Klaassan, David W. Faeder, Timothy S. Smick, Thomas B. Newell, Brian C. Swinton, Christian B.A. Slavin, Larry E. Hulse, Tiffany L. Tomasso, Robert R. Slager, Carl Adams, Ronald V. Aprahamian, Craig R. Callen, J. Douglas Holladay, and Thomas J. Donohue.

Arthur G. Connolly, III, Esquire, Jeremy D. Anderson, Esquire, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Philip A. Sechler, Esquire, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC, for David G. Bradley.

Lawrence C. Ashby, Esquire, Richard D. Heins, Esquire, Richard L. Renck, Esquire, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; George H. Mernick, III, Esquire, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Washington, DC; N. Thomas Connally, Esquire, Jon M. Talotta, Esquire, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, McLean, VA, for Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.


OPINION

LAMB, Vice Chancellor.

This opinion addresses the plaintiffs' motion to compel the production of documents in connection with pending motions to dismiss for failure to make a demand.1 As in Fleischman v. Huang,2 the defendants' briefs in support of those motions expressly and repeatedly rely on the reportedly favorable findings of the special board committee that investigated...

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