Sean J. Griffith v. Shiva Stein

• Court: Supreme Court of Delaware
• Decided: March 31, 2026
• Docket: 404, 2025
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

SEAN J. GRIFFITH, § § No. 404, 2025 Objector-Below, § Appellant, § § v. § Court Below: Court of Chancery § of the State of Delaware SHIVA STEIN, derivatively on § behalf of The Goldman Sachs Group, § Inc., and individually as a § Stockholder of The Goldman Sachs § Group, Inc., § § C.A. No. 2017-0354 Plaintiff-Below, § Appellee, § § LLOYD C. BLANKFEIN, § M. MICHELE BURNS, § GARY D. COHN, MARK A. § FLAHERTY, WILLIAM W. § GEORGE, JAMES A. JOHNSON, § ELLEN J. KULLMAN, LAKSHMI § N. MITTAL, ADEBAYO O. § OGUNLESI, PETER § OPPENHEIMER, DEBORA L. § SPAR, MARK E. TUCKER, DAVID § A. VINIAR, MARK O. § WINKELMAN, and THE § GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC., § § Defendants-Below, § Appellees §

Submitted: March 25, 2026 Decided: March 31, 2026 Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; TRAYNOR, and LEGROW, Justices.

ORDER

This 31st day of March, 2026, after careful consideration of the parties’ briefs

and the record on appeal, we find it evident that the judgment of the Court of

Chancery should be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons stated in the

February 27, 2024 Memorandum Opinion approving the Third Settlement, and the

August 11, 2025 Letter Opinion awarding fees to Plaintiff Stein and Objector

Griffith.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Abigail M. LeGrow Justice