Legal Opinion
United Rentals, Inc. v. RAM Holdings, Inc.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided December 21, 2007No. Civil Action 3360-CCPublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHANDLER, Chancellor.
In classical mythology, it took a demigod to subdue Cerberus, the beastly three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the underworld. 1 In his twelfth and final labor, Heracles 2 journeyed to Hades to battle, tame, and capture the monstrous creature. In this case, plaintiff United Rentals, Inc. journeyed to Delaware to conquer a more modern obstacle that, rather than guards the gates to the afterlife, stands in the way of the consummation of a merger. Nevertheless, like the three heads of the mythological Cerberus, the private equity firm of the same name presents…
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