Legal Opinion
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. v. Liberty Media Corp.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided September 21, 2011No. 284, 2011PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice:
The plaintiffs-appellees, Liberty Media Corporation (“LMC”) and its wholly owned subsidiary Liberty Media LLC (“Liberty Sub,” together with LMC, “Liberty”) brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the defendant-appellant, the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as trustee (the “Trustee”). Liberty proposes to split off, into a new publicly traded company (“SplitCo”) the businesses, assets, and liabilities attributed to Liberty’s Capital Group and Starz Group (the “Capital Splitoff’). After Liberty announced the proposed…
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