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The Delaware Court of Chancery is a court of equity in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is one of Delaware's three constitutional courts, along with the Supreme Court and Superior Court . Since 2018, the court consists of seven judges.
Courts of Delaware include: State courts of Delaware. Delaware Supreme Court [1] Delaware Court of Chancery [2] Delaware Superior Court (3 courts, one for each county) [3] Delaware Family Court [4] Delaware Court of Common Pleas [5] Delaware Justice of the Peace Court; Delaware Alderman's Court; Federal courts located in Delaware
Kathaleen Saint Jude McCormick [1] (born 1979) [2] is an American lawyer and judge on the Delaware Court of Chancery, first as a vice chancellor from 2018 to 2021 and then as the current chancellor since 2021. She is the first female chancellor in Delaware history.
Joseph R. Slights III is a lawyer and retired American judge who served on the Delaware Court of Chancery from 2016 to 2022, and the Superior Court of Delaware from 2000 to 2012, playing an instrumental role in creating that court's Complex Commercial Litigation Division.
He served as Resident Judge of the Delaware Superior Court from 1985 to 1989. [4] He was then appointed Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery in 1989 and Chancellor in 1997. On June 17, 2011, he retired as Chancellor and became a partner of the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati , P.C., and the managing partner of their ...
Will has presided over two influential cases involving SPACs.In January 2022, "in a case of first impression" under Delaware corporate law, she "held that the stockholders stated a plausible claim for breach of fiduciary duty, thus impairing stockholders' right to make an informed decision on whether to redeem their shares" in the de-SPAC transaction. [4]
In September 2018, Governor John Carney nominated Zurn and Kathaleen McCormick to two new vice-chancellor positions on the Delaware Court of Chancery. [3] Carney praised Zurn's "breadth of knowledge, devotion to public service and passion for her work." [3] She was confirmed by the Delaware Senate on October 3 and was sworn in on October 4. [1] [4]
Leo E. Strine, Jr. (born 1964) is an American attorney and retired judge for the state of Delaware.He served on the Delaware Court of Chancery as vice chancellor from 1998 to 2011 and chancellor from 2011 to 2014, and as the chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from 2014 to 2019.