Case Title: Mentor Graphics Corporation v. Tera Systems, Inc.

Citation: 

Docket Number: 377, 2003

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2003-07-31T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
MENTOR GRAPHICS 
CORPORATION, an Oregon 
corporation, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
TERA SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware 
corporation, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 377, 2003 
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§  Court Below—Court of Chancery 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  C.A. No. 20300 
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Submitted: July 31, 2003 
  Decided: July 31, 2003 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 31st day of July 2003, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The defendant below, Mentor Graphics Corporation, has petitioned 
this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to appeal from an interlocutory 
ruling of the Court of Chancery entered on July 18, 2003.  The Court of 
Chancery=s ruling denied Mentor’s motion to dismiss Tera Systems, Inc.’s 
complaint on the ground of ripeness.  Mentor also has filed a motion seeking to 
stay the Court of Chancery’s ruling, which would require Mentor to answer 
 
 
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Tera’s complaint by August 1, 2003, pending the outcome of this petition for 
interlocutory review. 
(2) 
On July 30, 2003, the Court of Chancery denied Mentor’s 
application to certify an interlocutory appeal to this Court. 
(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) and should be refused. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the within 
interlocutory appeal is REFUSED.  The motion to stay is DENIED as moot. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Carolyn Berger 
Justice