IN the SUPREME COURT of the STATE of DELAWARE the BANK of NEW YORK § MELLON TRUST COMPANY, § N.A., As Trustee, § No
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE THE BANK OF NEW YORK § MELLON TRUST COMPANY, § N.A., as Trustee, § No. 284, 2011 § Defendant Below, § Court Below – Court of Chancery Appellant, § of the State of Delaware § C.A. No. 5702 v. § § LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION § and LIBERTY MEDIA LLC, § § Plaintiffs Below, § Appellees. § Submitted: September 14, 2011 Decided: September 21, 2011 Before STEELE , Chief Justice, HOLLAND , BERGER , JACOBS and RIDGELY , Justices, constituting the Court en Banc . Upon appeal from the Court of Chancery. AFFIRMED . Joel Friedlander, Esquire, and Sean M. Brennecke, Esquire, Bouchard, Margules & Friedlander, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, Steven D. Phol, Esquire (argued), Timothy J. Durken, Esquire, Brown, Rudnick, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, Sigmund S. Wissner-Gross, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, New York, Mark S. Baldwin, Esquire and Stephen R. Klaffky, Esquire, Brown, Rudnick LLP, Hartford, Connecticut, for Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. Donald J. Wolfe, Jr., Esquire, Arthur L. Dent, Esquire, Michael A. Pittenger, Esquire (argued), Brian C. Ralston, Esquire, and Matthew F. Lintner, Esquire, Potter, Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, and Frederick H. McGrath, Esquire, Richard B. Harper, Esquire and Renee L. Wilm, Esquire, Baker Botts L.L.P., New York, New York, for Liberty Media Corporation and Liberty Media LLC. HOLLAND , Justice: 2 The plaintiffs-appellees, Liberty Media Corporation (“LMC”) and its wholly owned subsidiary Liberty Media LLC (“Liberty Sub,” together with LMC, “Liberty”) brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the defendant-appellant, the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as trustee (the “Trustee”).
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