Opinion
No. 511, 2002
Submitted: September 10, 2002
Decided: September 12, 2002
Court Below-Superior Court of the State of Delaware, in and for Kent County C.A. Nos. 99C-06-030 and 00C-08-042 (Consolidated)
Appeal refused.
Unpublished opinion is below.
ROBERT HLUDZINSKI, R.R. SEASIDE, INC., R.R. BAYSIDE, INC., R.R. OUTLET MALLS, INC., and CHARTER OAK PARTNERS, LTD., Defendants Below-Appellants, v. JASON, BRYAN, LOUISE, and PATRICK PAULEY, Plaintiffs Below-Appellees. No. 511, 2002 In the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware. Submitted: September 10, 2002 Decided: September 12, 2002
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices.
Myron T. Steele Justice
ORDER
This 12th day of September 2002, it appears to the Court that:
(1) The defendants below, Robert Hludzinski, R.R. Seaside, Inc., R.R. Bayside, Inc., R.R. Outlet Malls, Inc., and Charter Oak Partners, Ltd. (collectively, "the Outlet Defendants"), have petitioned this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to appeal from two interlocutory orders of the Superior Court dated August 21, 2002 and September 6, 2002. The Superior Courts August 21, 2002 order granted summary judgment in favor of defendants Delaware State Police, the State of Delaware, and the Department of Public Safety. The Superior Court's September 6, 2002 order denied the Outlet Defendants' motion for summary judgment. The Outlet Defendants also have filed a motion seeking a stay of the Superior Court trial, which is scheduled to begin on September 17, 2002.
(2) On September 9, 2002, the Superior Court denied the Outlet Defendants — application to certify an interlocutory appeal to this Court from the August 21, 2002 order. The Superior Court also denied the Outlet Defendants' motion for a stay of the trial date. The Superior Court has not yet acted on the Outlet Defendants' second application for certification of an interlocutory appeal and motion for a stay of trial relating to the September 6, 2002 order.
(3) Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the sound discretion of this Court and are granted only in extraordinary cases.
(4) In the exercise of its discretion, this Court has concluded that the application for interlocutory review does not meet the requirements of Supreme Court Rule 42(b) as to either the August 21, 2002 order or the September 6, 2002 order and should be refused. Given our refusal of the interlocutory appeal, the Outlet Defendants' motion for a stay of the Superior Court proceedings is moot.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the interlocutory appeal is REFUSED. The motion for a stay is MOOT.