CML V, LLC v. BAX

C.A. No. 5373-VCL.

6 A.3d 238 (2010)

CML V, LLC, individually and derivatively on behalf of JetDirect Aviation Holdings, LLC, Plaintiff, v. John BAX, Gregory S. Campbell, Louis Cappelli, Jane Garvey, Steven M. Hankin, Paul M. Harrington, Donald Hebb, Jeffrey P. Kelly, James W. Marley, Robert P. Pinkas, Peter Sinatra, Stephanie Zimmerman, and JetDirect Aviation Holdings, LLC, Defendants, and JetDirect Aviation Holdings, LLC, Nominal Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware.

Decided November 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Jenkins , Michele C. Gott , Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Joseph DiBenedetto , Michael J. Friedman , Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, New York; Attorneys for Plaintiff CML V, LLC.

Kevin S. Mann , Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, Delaware; Brian E. O'Connor , Dan C. Kozusko , Timothy J. McGinn , Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, New York; Attorneys for Defendants John Bax and Steven M. Hankin.

A. Gilchrist Sparks, III , Ryan D. Stottmann , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Attorneys for Defendants Gregory S. Campbell, Louis Cappelli, Jane Garvey, Paul M. Harrington, Donald Hebb, James W. Marley, Peter Sinatra, and Stephanie Zimmerman.

A. Gilchrist Sparks, III , Ryan D. Stottmann , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Jennifer Barrett , Hilary Ormond, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendant Jeffrey P. Kelly.

Thomas P. Preston , Alisa E. Moen , Elizabeth A. Sloan , Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Attorneys for Defendants Robert P. Pinkas and JetDirect Aviation Holdings, LLC.


OPINION

LASTER, Vice Chancellor.

Plaintiff CML V, LLC ("CML") lent funds to JetDirect Aviation Holdings, LLC ("JetDirect" or the "Company"). JetDirect's operating subsidiaries are in bankruptcy, and the complaint plausibly pleads that JetDirect is insolvent. In Counts I-III, CML asserts derivative claims for breach of fiduciary duties against defendants John Bax, Gregory S. Campbell, Louis Cappelli, Jane Garvey, Steven M. Hankin, Paul M. Harrington...

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