Title: Dirienzo v. Lichtenstein, et al.

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
FREDERICK H. DIRIENZO, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
WARREN G. LICHTENSTEIN, et 
al.,  
 
           Defendants Below- 
Appellees, 
 
and 
 
STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS 
L.P., 
 
Nominal Defendant Below- 
Nominal Appellee.  
 
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§  No. 602, 2013 
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§  Court Below-Court of Chancery 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  C.A. No. 7094 
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                                         Submitted: October 31, 2013 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: November 5, 2013 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 5th day of November 2013, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The plaintiff-appellant, Frederick H. DiRienzo, has petitioned 
this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to accept an appeal from the 
interlocutory order of the Court of Chancery dated September 30, 2013, 
which dismissed derivative counts IV-VIII of DiRienzo’s complaint for 
 
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failure to make demand and dismissed counts I and III as to the special 
committee for failure to state a claim.   
 
(2) 
The appellant filed his application for certification to take an 
interlocutory appeal in the Court of Chancery on October 10, 2013.  On 
October 30, 2013, the Court of Chancery denied the certification application 
on the ground that the requirements of Supreme Court Rule 42 had not been 
met. 
 
(3) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the 
sound discretion of this Court.  In the exercise of its discretion, the Court has 
concluded that the appellant’s application for interlocutory review fails to 
meet the requirements of Rule 42 and, therefore, should be refused. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the interlocutory appeal 
is REFUSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice