Case Title: Kalil v. Kalil

Citation: 

Docket Number: 91, 2018

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
JAMES P. KALIL, 
 
Respondent Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
DONALD P. KALIL, 
 
Petitioner Below, 
Appellee. 
§ 
§  No. 91, 2018 
§ 
§  Court Below—Court of Chancery 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§   
§  C.A. No. 11047-MZ 
§ 
§ 
§ 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted: March 6, 2017 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: March 12, 2017 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 12th day of March 2018, upon consideration of the notice to show cause, 
the response to the notice to show cause, and the record below, it appears to the 
Court that: 
(1) 
On February 21, 2018, the respondent below-appellant, James P. Kalil, 
filed a notice of appeal from a Court of Chancery Master’s final report that 
recommended granting in part the petitioner’s motion for summary judgment, 
denying James P. Kalil’s motion for summary judgment, and granting in part the 
petitioner’s request for fees.  The petitioner and respondent have filed exceptions, 
which have been assigned to a Vice Chancellor for decision.  The Senior Court Clerk 
issued a notice directing the appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be 
 
 
2 
dismissed for this Court’s lack of jurisdiction to consider an appeal directly from a 
Master’s decision.   
(2) 
In his response to the notice to show cause, the appellant argues that the 
Master incorrectly found all of his claims time-barred.  He asks the Court to dismiss 
the appeal without prejudice if it is interlocutory.  This Court lacks jurisdiction to 
hear an appeal directly from a Master’s decision.1  The appellant may file a notice 
of appeal when the Vice Chancellor decides the exceptions to the Master’s report.  
This appeal must be dismissed.   
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rule 29(b), 
that this appeal is DISMISSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
Justice 
                                                 
1In re Webb, 2011 WL 4838972, at *1 (Del. Oct. 12, 2011) (citing Johnson v. State, 884 A.2d 475, 
479) (Del. 2005)).