• In re: AP Orangevale, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Goldblatt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-10687 (CTG)

    The bankruptcy court found sufficient cause to lift the stay to allow an unlawful detainer action against debtor pending in California to go forward, concluding that resolution of the dispute was best left to the California courts.

  • REO Trust 2017-RPL1 v. Short Sale, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janet Charlton, Michael Pak, McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert J. Valihura, Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N20L-10-029 DJB

    Although mortgagor should have been noticed in second foreclosure action filed against purchaser at first sheriff's sale, the mortgagor's failure to participate in prior foreclosure action and purchaser being placed on constructive notice of potential mortgage liens on the property meant no interested party was prejudiced by the defect.

  • Ridgewood Manor MHC, LLC v. Ridgewood Manor HOA

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Green-Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Zerbato, Moton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony V. Panicola, Olga K. Beskrone, Colten L. Fleu, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Dover, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: K21A-10-002 RLG

    Arbitrator erred by considering and carving out a manufactured home community owner's acquisition costs in denying the owner's request for an above-inflation rent increase, where the analytical framework merely required the arbitrator to consider the statutory factors after finding the owner had made capital expenditures that directly related to the community maintenance and improvement.

  • Coster v. UIP Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Max B. Walton, Kyle Evans Gay, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE; Michael K. Ross, Serine Consolino, Aegis Law Group LLP, Washington, DC for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah B. Baum, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC; Stephen B. Brauerman, Elizabeth A. Powers, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: 163, 2022

    Stock issuance that diluted interest of stockholder with one-half interest who had filed a custodian action to break board election deadlock was not inequitable where issuance was reasonably calculated to prevent default under company's key contracts and had the benefit of retaining a key employee, while stockholder was not coerced as she retained a swing vote.

  • Schafer v. Kent County Dep't of Planning Serv.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-13
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Paradee, Brian V. DeMott, J. Garrett Miller, Baird, Mandalas, Brockstedt, Federico & Cardea, LLC, Dover, DE for petitioners.
    for defendant: Daniel A. Griffith, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Richard A. Forsten, Pamela J. Scott, Gary W. Lipkin, Saul, Ewing, Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondents.

    Case Number: K22C-11-014 JJC

    Although court lacked statutory authority to hear appeal from administrative decision of county staff since the statute only permitted appeals of decisions by the county's governing board, landowners could challenge the legality of a minor subdivision approval through a writ of certiorari.

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  • In re: Healthcare Real Estate Partners, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-05-30
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Goldblatt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 15-11931 (CTG)

    Debtor could recover reasonable legal costs incurred in dismissing involuntary petition filed by creditors to trigger their contractual rights to remove debtor from management role, rather than recover their claims against debtor's estate, but debtor suffered no lost profits damages where it was already an effectively defunct business at the time of the petition.

  • CRE Niagara Holdings, LLC v. Resorts Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: N20C-05-157 PRW CCLD

    Court declined to dismiss case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction where it had already ruled that a Delaware forum selection clause in one of the parties' agreements covered plaintiffs' claims, and any risk of duplicative litigation was caused by the parties' tactical decisions to litigate in two jurisdictions to try to obtain their preferred forum.

  • PVP Aston, LLC v. Fin. Structures Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher P. Simon, Michael L. Vild, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael W. Teichman, Kashif I Chowdhry; Kyle F. Dukle, Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey D. Brooks, Tanisha L. Massie, Morrison Cohen LLP, New York, NY defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-09-095 AML CCLD

    Court dismissed declaratory judgment claim where plaintiffs' arguments in support had already been rejected by courts in other states in actions involving the parties, thereby invoking the doctrine of collateral estoppel.

  • Wais v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chandra J. Williams, Rhodunda, Williams & Kondraschow, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Steven D. Rosen, The Rosen Law Firm, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: N22A-08-003 CLS

    The court affirmed the trial court's order finding for a buyer in a real estate matter where the seller breached contractual obligations by failing to repair a defective roof.

  • Gray's Landing Dev., LLC v. Blackston Cove Dev., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline R. Silverman, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William J. Rhodunda, Nicholas G. Kondraschow, Rhodunda Williams & Kondraschow, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N22L-06-019 JRJ

    Court dismissed statement of claim for mechanic's lien where plaintiff added language stating that allegations were true and correct only to the best of plaintiff's knowledge, since statutory law prohibited the inclusion of qualifying language.