Opinion
No. 259, 2002
Submitted: July 29, 2002
Decided: August 14, 2002
Court Below-Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, in and for New Castle County C.A. No. 18746.
Affirmed.
Unpublished opinion is below.
THOMAS C. PALMER and PHILLIP GOLDSTEIN, Objectors Below-Appellants, v. PAUL BERGER, BRYAN BENTON, THOMAS TURBERG, JOE BRECHER, DARREN SUPRINA and DON HANKEY LIVING TRUST (DON R. HANKEY, TRUSTEE), Plaintiffs Below-Appellees, and UGLY DUCKLING CORPORATION, ERNEST C. GARCIA, II, VERDE INVESTMENTS, INC., GREGORY B. SULLIVAN, JOHN N. MacDONOUGH, CHRISTOPHER D. JENNINGS, and FRANK P. WILLEY, Defendants Below-Appellees. No. 259, 2002 In the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware. Submitted: July 29, 2002 Decided: August 14, 2002
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and STEELE, Justices.
E. NORMAN VEASEY, Chief Justice.
ORDER
This 14th day of August 2002, the Court has considered the motion to affirm of defendants-appellees Garcia, Sullivan and Verde Investments, the motion to affirm of plaintiffs-appellees Berger, Benton, Turberg, Brecher, Suprina and Don Hankey Living Trust, and the motion to affirm of defendant-appellee Ugly Duckling Corporation pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 25(a) and finds it manifest on the face of the opening brief of objector-appellant Goldstein that the appeal is without merit for the reasons stated by the Court of Chancery in its well-reasoned decisions dated April 18, 2002.
The Court of Chancery issued two decisions, one approving the parties' settlement of the class and derivative claims and one approving the application for attorney's fees and expenses.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the motions to affirm are GRANTED. The judgment of the Court of Chancery is AFFIRMED.
We do not reach the merits of the motion to dismiss filed by defendants-appellees MacDonough, Jennings and Willey, and in which other parties have joined.