Karen L. Valihura

Karen Valihura
Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 6, 2014
Appointed byJack Markell
Preceded byJack B. Jacobs
Personal details
Born (1963-05-16) May 16, 1963 (age 61)
Political partyRepublican
EducationWashington 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][4]

  1. ^ "Supreme Court Justices". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "Judicial Officers of the Delaware Supreme Court". courts.delaware.gov. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  3. ^ Note, Recent Case: MFW Conditions Are in Place “Before Any Substantive Economic Negotiations” in Controlling Shareholder Transactions, 132 Harv. L. Rev. 2386 (2019).
  4. ^ Flood v. Synutra International, Inc., 195 A.3d 754 (Del. 2018)(en banc).