A.W. FINANCIAL SVCS. v. EMPIRE RESOURCES

No. 55, 2009.

981 A.2d 1114 (2009)

A.W. FINANCIAL SERVICES, S.A., as successor in interest to Tertiaire Investissement, S.A., Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. EMPIRE RESOURCES, INC., American Stock Transfer & Trust Company and Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: September 15, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Shachtman, Esquire, of Douglas A. Shachtman & Associates, Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: Jon Schuyler Brooks, Esquire (argued), of Phillips Nizer LLP, New York, New York; for Appellant.

Collins J. Seitz, Jr. and Matthew F. Boyer, Esquires, of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: Richard L. Levine (argued) and Deborah A. Maher, Esquires, of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York; for Appellee Empire Resources, Inc.

Charles A. McCauley III and Kellie M. MacCready, Esquires, of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: Steven A. Haber, Esquire (argued), of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; for Appellees American Stock Transfer & Trust Company and Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.

Before STEELE Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


JACOBS, Justice.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (The Honorable Sidney H. Stein) (the "Southern District") has certified to us, under Article IV, § 11(8) of the Delaware Constitution and Rule 41 of this Court,1 four questions relating to Delaware's Escheat Statute. Those questions arose in a pending action in the Southern District brought by plaintiff, A.W. Financial Services, S.A. ("A.W. Financial...

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