Opinion
No. 297, 2002
Submitted: June 24, 2002
Decided: July 2, 2002
Court Below — Superior Court of the State of Delaware, in and for New Castle County C.A. No. 02M-01-056.
Order dismissed.
Unpublished opinion is below.
HAZEL D. PLANT and ARTHUR L. SCOTT, Defendants Below-Appellants v. STATE ex rel. FRANK SIMS, Plaintiff Below-Appellee, and WAYNE A. SMITH, et al., Defendants Below-Appellees. No. 297, 2002 In the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware. Submitted: June 24, 2002 Decided: July 2, 2002Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH and HOLLAND, Justices.
E. NORMAN VEASEY, Chief Justice.
ORDER
This 2nd day of July 2002, upon consideration of the appellants' answer to the Rule to Show Cause and the appellees' respective responses thereto, it appears to the Court that:
(1) The appellants, State Representatives Hazel D. Plant and Arthur L. Scott, filed this appeal from a Superior Court order dated April 23, 2002, which transferred the case to the Court of Chancery pursuant to title 10, section 1902 of the Delaware Code. The Clerk of this Court issued a Rule to Show Cause directing the appellants to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as being interlocutory. The appellants' response does not address the interlocutory nature of the Superior Court's order, but instead addresses the merits of the issues the appellants apparently wish to raise on appeal.
(2) The Court has considered the matter carefully and has determined that this appeal must be dismissed. The Superior Court's order transferring jurisdiction to the Court of Chancery is, by its terms, interlocutory in nature because it is not a final ruling on the merits of the underlying controversy. This case is ongoing in the Court of Chancery. The Superior Court's order, if appealable at all, is subject to the provisions of Supreme Court Rule 42 regarding interlocutory appeals.2 The appellants have made no attempt to comply with the provisions of Supreme Court Rule 42. Accordingly, this matter must be dismissed.
Whitney v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., Del. Supr., No. 315, 1985, Horsey, J. (May 29, 1986). 2 Nicholson v. Redman, Del. Supr., No. 62, 1993, Moore, J. (Mar. 16, 1993).
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that this matter is hereby DISMISSED.