ROCKTENN CP, LLC v. BE & K ENGINEERING CO.

No. 120, 2014.

103 A.3d 512 (2014)

ROCKTENN CP, LLC, a Delaware corporation, and RockTenn Shared Services, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company, Defendants-Below, Appellants, v. BE & K ENGINEERING COMPANY, LLC, n/k/a KBR Engineering Company, LLC, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: October 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Dorsey, Esquire , Martin S. Lessner, Esquire , Mary F. Dugan, Esquire , Emily V. Burton, Esquire , Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; C. Walker Ingraham, Esquire , Anna R. Palmer, Esquire , Esther Slater McDonald, Esquire , Sara M. LeClerc, Esquire , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Rebecca Woods, Esquire (argued), Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.

Joseph R. Slights, III, Esquire , Jason C. Jowers, Esquire , Elizabeth A. Powers, Esquire , Morris James LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Jonathan R. Friedman, Esquire , Robert P. Marcovitch, Esquire (argued), Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellee.

Before STRINE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, RIDGELY, and VALIHURA, Justices; and RYAN, Judge, constituting the Court en Banc.


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