Clinton v. Aspinwall

Summary

The court held that the defendants' appeals were taken from a nonfinal judgment because the plaintiff's fiduciary-duty claims had never been adjudicated or withdrawn. Connecticut procedural law governed finality, while Delaware substantive law governed whether the contract and fiduciary-duty claims were legally inconsistent; under either law, the claims were alternative but legally consistent theories. The court therefore vacated the Appellate Court's judgment and directed dismissal of the defendants' appeals.