U.S. v. SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC

No. 256, 2019.

226 A.3d 1117 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, State of California, State of Colorado, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, District of Columbia, State of Florida, State of Georgia, State of Illinois, State of Indiana, State of Iowa, State of Louisiana, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Michigan, State of Minnesota, State of Montana, State of Nevada, State of New Jersey, State of New York, State of North Carolina, State of Oklahoma, State of Rhode Island, State of Tennessee, Commonwealth of Virginia, State of Washington, State of Wisconsin, ex rel. JKJ Partnership 2011 LLP, Relator Below, Appellant, v. SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC, Sanofi-Aventis U.S. Services, Inc., Aventis, Inc., Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Holding Partnership, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica Zeldin, Esquire , Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: William H. Narwold, Esquire , Mathew P. Jasinski, Esquire (argued), Motley Rice LLC, Hartford, Connecticut; W. Scott Simmer, Esquire , Baron & Budd, P.C., Washington, District of Columbia for Appellants.

Kenneth J. Nachbar, Esquire (argued), Coleen W. Hill, Esquire , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel: Anand Agneshwar, Esquire , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York; John P. Elwood, Esquire , Kirk Ogrosky, Esquire , Daniel S. Pariser, Esquire , Murad Hussain, Esquire , Anna K. Thompson, Esquire , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, District of Columbia for Appellees.

Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, VAUGHN, TRAYNOR and MONTGOMERY-REEVES, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


We are asked by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to answer three questions of law certified to us in accordance with Delaware Supreme Court Rule 41 (the "Questions"):

1. A limited liability partnership is formed to file and prosecute a specific lawsuit. Its formational documents say both that the...

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