Legal Opinion
McGowan v. Ferro
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided October 8, 2004No. Civ. A. 18672PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PARSONS, Vice Chancellor.
Plaintiff,' Edward T. McGowan (“McGowan”), a director and stockholder of Empress Entertainment, Inc. (“Empress”), brought this action against the other six members of Empress’s Board of Directors, 1 all of whom were significant stockholders (the “director defendants”), and also against Empress’s former President, Joseph Canfora (“Canfora”), and Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp. (“Horseshoe”). Primarily, McGowan challenges the director defendants’ decision to grant an extension of a merger agreement (the “second extension”) between two significant subsidiaries of…
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