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IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

JOHN P. MCPADDEN, SR., )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Civil Action No. 3310-CC
) SANJIV S. SIDHU, STEPHEN ) BRADLEY, HARVEY B. CASH, ) RICHARD L. CLEMMER, MICHAEL )
E. MCGRATH, LLOYD G. ) WATERHOUSE, JACKSON L. ) WILSON, JR., ROBERT L. ) CRANDALL AND ANTHONY ) DUBREVILLE, )
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Defendants, )
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and )
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i2 TECHNOLOGIES, INC., )

   Nominal Defendant.
O P I N I O N
Date Submitted:  June 17, 2008
Date Decided: August 29, 2008

Norman M. Monhait, of ROSENTHAL MONHAIT & GODDESS, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; OF COUNSEL:  Robert C. Schubert, Juden Justice Reed, and Aaron H. Darsky, of SCHUBERT & REED LLP, San Francisco, California, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Kenneth J. Nachbar and Leslie A. Polizoti, of MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; OF COUNSEL:  Jordan D. Hershman, Michael D. Blanchard, and Matthew C. Applebaum, of BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, Attorneys for Defendants.  
CHANDLER, Chancellor
Though what must be shown for bad faith conduct has not yet been completely defined,1 it is quite clearly established that gross negligence, alone, cannot constitute bad faith.2  Thus, a board of directors may act

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