Karen L. Valihura Explained

Karen Valihura
Office:Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
Appointer:Jack Markell
Term Start:June 6, 2014
Predecessor:Jack B. Jacobs
Birth Date:16 May 1963
Party:Republican
Education:Washington and Jefferson College (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (JD)

Karen L. Valihura (born May 16, 1963) is an American lawyer who serves as a justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.[1] She was appointed on June 6, 2014. Prior to her appointment, Valihura was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP.[2]

In October 2018, Justice Valihura dissented when the majority found that the business judgment rule protected a controlling shareholder even though he did not offer minority shareholder protections until after his initial squeeze-out bid.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Supreme Court Justices . February 13, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150212044102/http://courts.delaware.gov/Supreme/justices.stm . February 12, 2015 .
  2. Web site: Judicial Officers of the Delaware Supreme Court . courts.delaware.gov . 2016-03-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150212044102/http://courts.delaware.gov/Supreme/justices.stm . February 12, 2015 .
  3. Flood v. Synutra International, Inc.. 195 . A.3d. 754 . Del.. 2018)(en banc. https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15185581281002041459.

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