LONERGAN v. EPE HOLDINGS LLC

C.A. No. 5856-VCL.

5 A.3d 1008 (2010)

Eugene LONERGAN, Sr., on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. EPE HOLDINGS LLC, Enterprise GP Holdings, L.P., Oscar S. Andras, Ralph S. Cunningham, Richard H. Bachmann, Randa Duncan Williams, Thurmon M. Andress, Charles E. McMahen, Edwin E. Smith, and B.W. Waycaster, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware.

Decided: October 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth D. Rigrodsky , Brian D. Long , Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Donald J. Enright , Elizabeth K. Tripodi , Rosalee B. Connell , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Washington, District of Columbia; Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Rolin P. Bissell , Tammy L. Mercer , Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Karl S. Stern , Kenneth P. Held , Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Houston, Texas; Attorneys for Defendants EPE Holdings LLC, Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., Oscar S. Andras, Ralph S. Cunningham and Richard H. Bachmann.

Gregory P. Williams , Catherine G. Dearlove , Srinivas M. Raju , Blake Rohrbacher , Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Attorneys for Defendants Thurmon M. Andress, Charles E. McMahen, and B.W. Waycaster.


OPINION

LASTER, Vice Chancellor.

The plaintiff holds limited partner units ("LP units") in defendant Enterprise GP Holdings, L.P. ("Holdings"), a publicly traded Delaware master limited partnership ("MLP"). On behalf of a putative class of all holders of LP units, he challenges a merger between Holdings and non-party Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (the "Partnership"), a second publicly traded Delaware MLP. I refer to the merger and its related...

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