Legal Opinion
Nelson v. Frank E. Best Inc.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided August 9, 2000No. Civil Action 16329PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRINE, Vice Chancellor.
Before me are the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment, the resolution of which boils down to a tolling issue in the context of Delaware’s appraisal statute: when the last day of the limitations period for making an appraisal demand pursuant to 8 Del. C. § 262(d)(2) falls on a Sunday, is the effective deadline for making the demand that Sunday or the Monday immediately afterward?
One of the plaintiffs in this appraisal action, Mitchell Partners, L.P. submitted a demand to defendant Best Lock Corporation (“Best” or the “defendant”) on Monday, March 23,1998,…
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