Federal court tosses Delaware lawsuit over forced company sale
The ongoing battle for control over TransPerfect continues in federal court.
Supporters of a bill that would prevent the sale of TransPerfect gather outside Legislative Hall in Dover in June. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Delaware judge’s decision ordering the sale of a successful New York-based translation company because the relationship between the company’s two co-founders and sole directors had become dysfunctional.
In dismissing the lawsuit by Philip Shawe, the judge on Tuesday cited a doctrine barring federal district courts from hearing cases that are essentially appeals from state-court judgments.
The ruling is the latest in a legal saga pitting Philip Shawe against his former fiancée Elizabeth Elting. The two co-founded TransPerfect Global, which provides translation, website localization and other services, with offices in scores of cities worldwide.
In a ruling upheld by Delaware’s Supreme Court, a Chancery judge ordered the privately held company sold because Shawe and Elting were hopelessly deadlocked over its management.
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