Legal Opinion
Hollinger International, Inc. v. Black
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided February 26, 2004No. C.A. 183-NPublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRINE, Vice Chancellor.
As former Chancellor Alen has said, the most interesting corporate law cases involve the color gray, with contending parties dueling over close questions of law, in circumstances when it is possible for each of the contestants to claim she was acting in good faith. 1 Regrettably, this case is not one of that variety.
Rather, in this case, defendant Conrad M. Black, the ultimate controlling stockholder of Hollinger International, Inc. (“International”), a Delaware public company, has repeatedly behaved in a manner inconsistent with the duty of loyalty he owed the…
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