Title: Laurel School District, et al. v. Jane Doe #1

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
LAUREL SCHOOL DISTRICT; 
ROBERT L. WHALEY, SAMUEL A. 
TYNDALL, and RICHARD A. 
GIVENS, II, all individually and in their 
official capacities as members of the 
Board of Education of the Laurel School 
District; DR. JOHN MCCOY, in his 
official capacity as Superintendent of the 
Laurel School District; and HEINZ 
RETZLAFF, individually, 
 
Defendants Below- 
Appellants, 
 
v. 
 
JANE DOE #1, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 207, 2010 
§  and No. 211, 2010 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  C.A. No. 09C-06-020 
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Submitted: April 14, 2010 
  Decided: April 20, 2010 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 20th day of April 2010, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The defendants below have petitioned this Court, pursuant to Supreme 
Court Rule 42, to accept an appeal from an interlocutory order of the Superior 
Court, dated March 16, 2010, denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss and 
 
 
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granting the plaintiff ten days to either amend her complaint or request leave of the 
trial court to file her case caption under seal.   
(2) 
The defendants filed their application for certification to take an 
interlocutory appeal in the Superior Court on April 6, 2010.  The Superior Court 
denied the certification application on April 14, 2010. 
(3) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the sound 
discretion of this Court.  In the exercise of its discretion, we have 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 be REFUSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Henry duPont Ridgely 
Justice