In re Tyson Foods, Inc. Consolidated Shareholder Litigation
COURT OF CHANCERY OF DELAWARE, NEW CASTLE
919 A.2d 563
IN RE TYSON FOODS, INC. CONSOLIDATED SHAREHOLDER LITIGATION
No. 1106-N Argued: September 20, 2006 --- Decided: February 6, 2007
Stuart M. Grant, Megan D. McIntyre, and Michael J. Barry, of GRANT & EISENHOFER P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; OF COUNSEL: Jeffrey G. Smith and Robert Abrams, of WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLP, New York, New York, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, S. Mark Hurd, and Samuel T. Hirzel, of MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; OF COUNSEL: David F. Graham, Anne E. Rea, and Julie K. Potter, of SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Attorneys for Defendants.
Kurt M. Heyman and Patricia L. Enerio, of PROCTOR HEYMAN LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Nominal Defendant.
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