Kahn v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of Delaware
594 A.2d 48
ALAN R. KAHN, BARNETT STEPAK, CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Objectors Below, Appellants, v. JOSEPH SULLIVAN and ALAN BRODY, Plaintiffs Below, MICHAEL HAMMER, Special Administrator of the Estate of DR. ARMAND HAMMER, OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, DR. RAY IRANI, ARTHUR B. KRIM, MORRIE A. MOSS, AZIZ D. SYRIANI, O.C. DAVIS, SENATOR ALBERT GORE, ARTHUR GROMAN, MICHAEL A. HAMMER, DAVID A. HENTSCHEL, J. ROGER HIRL, JOHN KLUGE, LOUIS NIZER, GEORGE O. NOLLEY, DR. C. ERWIN PIPER, GERALD M. STERN, ROSEMARY TOMICH, Defendants Below, THE ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER, INC., Intervenor Below, Appellees
No. 301, 312, 313, 1990 (Consolidated) Argued: July 9, 1991[1] --- Decided: July 9, 1991
Robert D. Goldberg, Esquire, Biggs and Battaglia, of Wilmington, Delaware, Sidney Silverman, Esquire (argued), Silverman, Harnes & Obstefeld, of New York, New York, and Susan Henrichson, Esquire (argued), Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, for objectors-appellants, Alan R. Kahn and California Public Employees' Retirement System respectively.
Thomas G. Hughes, Esquire, Schlusser, Reiver, Hughes & Sisk, of Wilmington, Delaware for objector-appellant, Barnett Stepak.
William Prickett, Esquire (argued), Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, of Wilmington, Delaware, for plaintiffs-appellees, Joseph Sullivan and Alan Brody.
Grover C. Brown, Esquire (argued), and Norris P. Wright, Esquire, Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, of Wilmington, Delaware, for defendants-appellees, Senator Gore, Mr. Kluge, Mr. Krim, Mr. Nizer, Mr. Nolley, Dr. Piper, Mr. Syriani and Ms. Tomich.
Bruce M. Stargatt, Esquire, Edward B. Maxwell, 2nd, Esquire, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, of Wilmington, Delaware, Bruce W. Kauffman, Esquire, Stephen J. Mathes, Esquire, and Camille J. Wolfe, Esquire, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for individual defendants-appellees, Dr. Irani, Mr. Moss, Mr. Davis, Mr. Groman, Mr. Hammer, Mr. Hentschel, Mr. Hirl, Mr. Stern, and Michael Hammer, Special Administrator of the Estate of Dr. Armand Hammer.
Charles Crompton, Esquire, Donald J. Wolfe, Jr., Esquire, Potter, Anderson & Corroon, of Wilmington, Delaware, for defendant-appellee, Occidental Petroleum Corporation.
Rodman Ward, Jr., Esquire, and Marc B. Tucker, Esquire, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, of Wilmington, Delaware, for intervenor-appellee, The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Inc.
Christie, Chief Justice, Horsey and Holland, Justices.
Footnotes
[edit]- ↑ One of the parties, Dr. Armand Hammer, died on December 10, 1990 during the course of briefing this appeal. When this Court heard oral argument on January 23, 1991, the litigants were advised of the need to substitute Dr. Hammer's estate as a party. Supr. Ct. R. 31(c). The announcement of a disposition in this appeal has been delayed until the estate of Dr. Armand Hammer was substituted as a party. The substitution occurred on July 9, 1991, following protracted proceedings in California.
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