Karen L. Valihura

American judge (born 1963)

Karen L. Valihura

Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office June 6, 2014
Appointed by	Jack Markell
Preceded by	Jack B. Jacobs

Personal details
Born	(1963-05-16) May 16, 1963 (age 60)
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Washington & Jefferson College University of Pennsylvania Law School

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]^[4]

References

^ "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., 195 A.3d 754 (Del. 2018)(en banc).