PORTNOY v. CRYO-CELL INTERN., INC.

C.A. No. 3142-VCS.

940 A.2d 43 (2008)

David PORTNOY, Plaintiff, v. CRYO-CELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., A Delaware corporation, Mercedes Walton, Gaby W. Goubran, Jagdish Sheth, Ph.D., Anthony P. Finch and Scott Christian, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware.

Decided: January 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Heins, Esquire, Philip Trainer, Jr., Esquire, Carolyn S. Hake, Esquire, Richard L. Renck, Esquire, Tiffany G. Lydon, Esquire, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, Delaware, for plaintiff.

Srinivas M. Raju, Esquire, Blake K. Rohrbacher, Esquire, Jennifer J. Veet, Esquire, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Robert S. Faxon, Esquire, Geoffrey J. Ritts, Esquire, Louis A. Chaiten, Esquire, Adrienne M. Ferraro, Esquire, Andrew G. Fiorella, Esquire, Jones Day, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants.


OPINION

STRINE, Vice Chancellor.

This case involves a challenge to the results of a contested corporate election. Cryo-Cell International, Inc. ("Cryo-Cell" or the "Company") is a small public company that has struggled to succeed. By early 2007, several of its large stockholders were considering mounting a proxy contest to replace the board.

One of those stockholders, Andrew Filipowski, used management's...

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