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If You Climb Into Bed With Your Business Partner, the Court Might Climb in, Too: The Delaware Supreme Court's Cautionary Tale of Acrimonious Engagement and Corporate Deadlock in Shawe v. Elting

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  • DeBona, Lauren G.

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This Casebrief examines the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in Shawe v. Elting and argues that the court properly upheld the sale of a profitable corporation under Section 226 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. The court concluded that severe stockholder and director deadlock justified the appointment of a custodian and the sale of the company. The Casebrief contends that the decision reaffirms the broad equitable powers of the Delaware Court of Chancery and serves as a warning that prolonged deadlock in closely held corporations may result in judicially ordered dissolution or sale. [This abstract was written by Microsoft Copilot, a generative artificial intelligence.]

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  • DeBona, Lauren G., 2026. "If You Climb Into Bed With Your Business Partner, the Court Might Climb in, Too: The Delaware Supreme Court's Cautionary Tale of Acrimonious Engagement and Corporate Deadlock in Shawe v. Elting," LawArchive zsv2c_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:lawarc:zsv2c_v1
    DOI: 10.31228/osf.io/zsv2c_v1
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