Title: Thompson Homes, Inc. v. Tony Demeo Masonry

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
THOMPSON HOMES, INC.,  
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No. 589, 2009 
 
Defendant/Third-Party   
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
  
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Court Below—Superior Court   
 
Appellant,  
 
 
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of the State of Delaware in and 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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for New Castle County 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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TONY DEMEO MASONRY,  
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Third-Party Defendant Below, § 
C.A. No. 06C-10-075 
 
Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: October 15, 2009 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
October  20, 2009 
 
Before BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 20th day of October 2009, upon consideration of the appellant’s 
notice and supplemental notice of appeal from an interlocutory order, it 
appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The appellant, Thompson Homes, Inc. (“Thompson”), was sued 
in the Superior Court for breach of a residential construction contract.  
Thompson, as a third party plaintiff, brought an action against several of the 
subcontractors associated with the construction, including Tony DeMeo 
Masonry (“DeMeo Masonry”).  By order dated September 16, 2009, the 
 
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Superior Court denied Thompson’s motion to disqualify Rawle & 
Henderson, LLP as counsel for DeMeo Masonry.        
 
(2) 
Thompson has petitioned this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court 
Rule 42, to appeal from the Superior Court’s order denying its motion to 
disqualify.  On October 13, 2009, the Superior Court denied Thompson’s 
application for certification of an interlocutory appeal. 
 
 
(3) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the 
sound discretion of this Court and are granted only in exceptional 
circumstances.*  In the exercise of its discretion, the Court has concluded 
that exceptional circumstances as would merit interlocutory review of the 
Superior Court’s order do not exist in this case. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 
interlocutory appeal is REFUSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jack B. Jacobs 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Justice 
                                          
 
* Del. Supr. Ct. R. 42(b), (d)(v).