A judge has declined to hear a challenge to Parkland Corp.'s last-minute decision to delay its shareholder meeting by more than a month so investors can vote on a US$9.1-billion takeover by Sunoco LP at the same time they elect a board of directors.

Sunoco LP will buy Canada-based Parkland in a deal valued at about $9.1 billion, including debt, the U.S. fuel supplier said on Monday, in a move the companies said would create the largest independent fuel distributor in the Americas.