Legal Opinion
Lisa, S.A. v. Mayorga
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided April 20, 2010No. 410, 2009PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Justice:
Lisa, S.A. (“Lisa”), the plaintiff below, appeals from a Court of Chancery order dismissing Lisa’s complaint on grounds of forum non conveniens and lack of personal jurisdiction. The complaint, which was filed in 2006, related to a 1992 sale of shares in a group of family-owned corporations incorporated in Guatemala and El Salvador. That 1992 sale of shares, in turn, was the subject of a prior action brought by Lisa in Florida in 1998 against affiliates of the defendants in this action. We conclude, on forum non conveniens grounds, that the Court of Chancery properly dismissed…
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