Legal Opinion
Winshall v. Viacom International Inc.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided October 7, 2013No. 39, 2013PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Justice:
Pending before us are cross-appeals from a judgment of the Court of Chancery in an action brought by Walter A. Wins-hall (“Winshall”), as representative of the former stockholders (the “Selling Shareholders”) of Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. (“Harmonix”). The dispute arose out of a merger in 2006 (the “Merger”), wherein Harmonix was acquired by Viacom International, Inc. (“Viacom”). For the reasons stated in its opinions issued on November 10, 20111 and December 12, 2012,2 the Court of Chancery: (1) dismissed Winshall’s complaint against Viacom and Harmonix for failure to state…
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