IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
RED SAIL EASTER LIMITED
PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, DELPHI
EASTER PARTNERS LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, a New York
limited partnership, k::
Plaintiffs, :.CI
V . i Civil Action No. I.2032--:
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL 1 E,
PRODUCTIONS, INC., a Delaware 1
corporation, ROCKEFELLER
GROUP, INC., a New York
corporation, SPECTACULAR
PARTNERS, INC., a Delaware
corporation, EASTER SHOW
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
Delaware limited partnership,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINIOQj
Date Submitted: June 12, 1991
Date Decided: July 10, 1991.
William Prickett, Esquire, and Ronald A. Brown,,Jr., Esquire, of
PRICKETT, JONES, ELLIOTT, KRISTOL & SCHNEE, Wilmington, Delaware;
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
William D. Johnston, Esquire, and Melanie K. sharp, Esquire, of
YOUNG, CONAWAY, STARGATT & TAYLOR, Wilmington, Delaware; OF
COUNSEL: Ronald S. Rauchberg, Esquire, and Michael D. Povman,
Esquire, of PROSKAUER ROSE GOETZ & MENDELSOHN, New York, New
York; Attorneys for Defendants Radio City Music Hall
Productions,
Inc ., Rockefeller Group, Inc. and Spectacular
Partners, Inc.
Joseph A. Rosenthal, Esquire, of MORRIS, ROSENTHAL, MONHAIT &
GROSS, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Attorney for Easter Show
Limited Partnership
ALLEN, Chancellor
This is an action by the limited partners of a De1awa.re
limited partnership against the partnership, its corporate general
partner, and the corporate parent and grandparent of the general
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IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
RED SAIL EASTER LIMITED
PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, DELPHI
PARTNERSHIP, a New York
William Prickett, Esquire, and Ronald A. Brown,,Jr., Esquire, of PRICKETT, JONES, ELLIOTT,
This is an action by the limited partners of a De1awa.re limited partnership against the
The allegation is that defendants have breached duties arising out elf the limited
Rockefeller Group, Inc., the sole stockholder of Radio City.
Easter Show is a Delaware limited partnership, and Spectacular Partners and Radio City are
It claims that no facts exist that would justify the assertion of personal jurisdiction over
This sole contact, unrelated to the facts alleged to constitute a wrong, is, it says,
Plaintiffs respond that, in Sternbera v. O'Neil, Del.
Supr., 550 A.2d 1105, the Delaware Supreme Court interpreted International:m and its progeny
Rockefeller Group's principal place of business is New York City.
The only acts in Delaware that Rockefeller Group has done involve filings necessary to form
I need not express an opinion on the constitutionality of requiring one in the position of
Causes tortious injury in the State by an act or omission in this State;
As the wrongs here alleged do not arise from the business that Rockefeller Group transacted
Subsection addresses a situation in which a defendant is generally affiliated with the forum
consistent with traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice - that is, it was
5Indeed, the record does not disclose any such activities in Delaware, except the filing by
plaintiffs assert personal jurisdiction over Rockefeller Group based on a conspiracy theory
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