Legal Opinion
DCV Holdings, Inc. v. ConAgra, Inc.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided December 8, 2005No. 166,2005PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Justice.
DCV Holdings, Inc., plaintiff-below appellant (the “Buyer”), appeals from a final judgment of the Superior Court dismissing the Buyer’s fraud and breach of contract claims against the defendants-below appel-lees, ConAgra, Inc., E.I. du Pont de Nem-ours and Company, and DuPont Chemical & Energy Operations, Inc. (collectively, the “Sellers”).
The lawsuit resulted from the Buyer’s August 1997 leveraged buyout, from the Sellers, of DCV, Inc. and DCVs independent operating companies (“IOCs”), which included DuCoa, Inc. (“DuCoa”). After the purchase, DuCoa suffered a decline in…
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