Title: Dardanelle Timber Co. v. Sutherland
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State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: June 19, 2008

Dardanelle Timber Co. v. Sutherland Annotate this Case Download PDF IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE DARDANELLE TIMBER CO., INC., and SUTHERLAND LUMBER SOUTHWEST, INC., Nominal Defendants BelowAppellant, v. MARTHA S. SUTHERLAND, as Trustee of the Martha S. Sutherland Revocable Trust date August 18, 1976, Plaintiff BelowAppellee. § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § No. 277, 2008 Court Below Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, in and for New Castle County C.A. No. 2399 Submitted: June 2, 2008 Decided: June 19, 2008 Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and JACOBS, Justices. ORDER This 19th day of June 2008, it appears to the Court that: (1) The appellants, Dardanelle Timber Co., Inc. and Sutherland Lumber Southwest, Inc., have petitioned this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to accept an appeal from an interlocutory order of the Court of Chancery, dated May 5, 2008, denying the appellants motion to dismiss the appellee s shareholder derivative suit below. Appellants also seek to appeal the Court of Chancery s order denying reargument. (2) Appellants filed their application for certification to take an interlocutory appeal in the Court of Chancery on May 15, 2008. The Court of Chancery denied the certification application on May 29, 2008. (3) Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the sound discretion of this Court. 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 -2-