Title: Mervine v. Logan

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JOHN M. MERVINE, SR., 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
JOHN W. LOGAN and SANDRA M. 
LOGAN, 
 
Plaintiffs Below- 
Appellees.
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§  No. 65, 2003 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Sussex County 
§  C.A. No. 02C-08-007 
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Submitted: February 6, 2003 
  Decided: February 13, 2003 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 13th day of February 2003, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The defendant below, John M. Mervine, has petitioned this Court, 
pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to appeal from an interlocutory ruling of the 
Superior Court dated January 7, 2003.  The Superior Court=s ruling denied 
Mervine=s motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ complaint on the ground of res 
judicata. 
(2) 
On February 5, 2003, the Superior Court denied Mervine=s 
application to certify an interlocutory appeal to this Court. 
 
 
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(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.   
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Carolyn Berger 
Justice