Legal Opinion

RBC Capital Markets, LLC v. Jervis

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided November 30, 2015No. 140, 2015PublishedCited by 188 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VALIHURA, Justice:

I. INTRODUCTION

Pending before this Court is an appeal and cross-appeal arising out of a final judgment of the Court of 'Chancery finding that RBC Capital Markets, LLC (“RBC” or “Appellant”) aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duty by former directors of Rural/Metro Corporation (“Rural” or the “Company”) in connection with the sale of the Company to an affiliate of Warburg Pincus LLC ‘(“Warburg”), a private equity firm. The Court of Chancery issued four opinions which form the basis of this appeal.

First, on March 7, 2014, the Court of Chancery issued a post-trial decision…

2Cases cited88 opinions

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3Cited by188 opinions

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