Blanch v. Stone & Paper Investors, LLC

      IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

RICHARD BLANCH, VIVIANNA            §
BLANCH, RED BRIDGE &                §
STONE, LLC and CLOVIS               § No. 262, 2023
HOLDINGS LLC,                       §
                                    § Court Below—Court of Chancery
    Defendants, Nominal             § of the State of Delaware
    Defendant, Counterclaim and     §
    Third-Party Plaintiffs Below/   § C.A. No. 2018-0394
    Appellants,                     §
                                    §
    v.                              §
                                    §
STONE & PAPER INVESTORS,            §
LLC, and CLOVIS HOLDINGS,           §
LLC,                                §
                                    §
    Plaintiffs and Counterclaim     §
    Defendants Below/Appellees,     §
                                    §
    and                             §
                                    §
JAD TRADING LLC, DIAMOND            §
CARTER TRADING, LLC, JOHN           §
DIAMOND, KANOKPAN                   §
KHUMPOO, ALBERT CARTER,             §
ELIZABETH CARTER,                   §
EISENBERG & BLAU CPAS, P.C.,        §
RICHARD EISENBERG, and DDK          §
& COMPANY, LLP,                     §
                                    §
    Counterclaim and Third-Party    §
    Defendants Below/Appellees.     §

                       Submitted: January 24, 2024
                       Decided:   February 7, 2024
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; LEGROW and GRIFFITHS, Justices.

                                      ORDER

      This 7th day of February, 2024, after careful consideration of the parties’ briefs

and the record below, and following oral argument, we find it evident that the

judgment of the Court of Chancery should be affirmed on the basis of and for the

reasons stated in the Memorandum Opinion dated June 20, 2020; telephonic rulings

and order dated November 18, 2020; post-trial Memorandum Opinion dated July 30,

2021; Order Denying Motions for Reargument dated September 17, 2021;

Telephonic Bench Ruling dated December 27, 2021; Order dated June 1, 2022;

Bench Ruling and Orders dated December 5, 2022; Order Denying Motions for

Reargument dated February 1, 2023; Letter Decision dated April 6, 2023; and Order

and Final Judgment dated July 7, 2023.

      NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Court of

Chancery is AFFIRMED.



                                               BY THE COURT:

                                               /s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr.
                                                    Chief Justice




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