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- ↑ "Supreme Court Justices". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Judicial Officers of the Delaware Supreme Court". courts.delaware.gov. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ↑ Note, Recent Case: MFW Conditions Are in Place “Before Any Substantive Economic Negotiations” in Controlling Shareholder Transactions , 132 Harv. L. Rev. 2386(2019).
- ↑ Flood v. Synutra International, Inc., 195A.3d754 (Del.2018)(en banc).
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