· 12/21/2004
Continuing Creditors' Committee of Star Telecommunications Inc. v. Edgecomb
Citations
- 385 F. Supp. 2d 449
- 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25807
- 2004 WL 2980736
How courts have described this case
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- holding exculpatory clause applied to prevent creditors as well as shareholders from bringing duty of care claims
- applying Production Resources to bar claims in bankruptcy premised on breach of the duty of due care
- applying Production Resources to bar claims in bankruptcy premised on breach of the duty of due care
- barring continuing creditors’ committee from recovery for breach of duty of care under Production Resources Group
- “a director is considered interested where he or she will receive a personal financial benefit from a transaction that is not equally shared by the shareholders”
- an exculpatory clause that applied to directors also applied to claims asserted against an officer who was also a director
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Judges: Jordan
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