Chancery Court Dismisses Derivative Suit Against Blue Bell Officers and Directors
By: Scott E. Waxman and Stephanie S. Liu
In Jack L. Marchand II v. John W. Barnhill, Jr., et al, the Delaware Chancery Court dismissed Plaintiff’s complaint under Court of Chancery Rule 23.1, finding that Plaintiff failed to plead particularized facts that an appeal for board action on the complaint would have been futile or that a majority of the company’s board lacked the independence needed to respond.