Huff Energy Fund, L.P. v. Longview Energy Co.

I join in the majority’s judgment and agree with its analysis, of appellants’ complaints as to jury question two and the lis pendens issue. However, I differ with the majority’s analytical approach with regard to the resolution of appellants’ complaints relating to jury question one; and therefore concur in the judgment. I write separately, only to set out the analysis I believe is mandated by the jury, charge and applicable Delaware law.

Analysis

Delaware Substantive Law

In Delaware, the corporate opportunity doctrine arose as a means of defining the parameters of a corporate director’s…