BRINCKERHOFF v. ENBRIDGE ENERGY CO.

No. 273, 2016.

159 A.3d 242 (2017)

Peter BRINCKERHOFF, individually and as Trustee of the Peter R. Brinckerhoff Rev. Tr U A Dtd 10/17/97, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. ENBRIDGE ENERGY COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants Below, Appellees, and Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., Nominal Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 20, 2017.

Revised: March 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica Zeldin, Esquire , Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Lawrence P. Eagel, Esquire (argued), Jeffrey H. Squire, Esquire and David J. Stone, Esquire , Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., New York, New York, for Plaintiff, Appellant, Peter Brinckerhoff.

Raymond J. DiCamillo, Esquire , Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Michael H. Steinberg, Esquire (argued), Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, California; Laura Kabler Oswell, Esquire , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Palo Alto, California, for Defendants, Appellees, Enbridge Inc., J. Richard Bird, J. Herbert England, C. Gregory Harper, D. Guy Jarvis, Mark A. Maki, John K. Whelen and Enbridge Pipelines (Alberta Clipper) L.L.C.

Thomas W. Briggs, Jr., Esquire and Richard Li, Esquire , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Kevin C. Logue, Esquire (argued) and Kevin P. Broughel, Esquire , Paul Hastings LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants, Appellees, Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C., Jeffrey A. Connelly, Rebecca B. Roberts, Dan A. Westbrook, Enbridge Energy Limited Partnership and Nominal Defendant Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.

Before STRINE, Chief Justice; HOLLAND, VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


The plaintiffs, Peter Brinckerhoff and his trust, are long-term investors in Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. ("EEP"), a Delaware master limited partnership ("MLP"). As followers of this investment space know, MLPs are set up in the petroleum transportation business to allow sponsors and public investors to take advantage of favorable...

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