Title: Oracle Corporation v. Barone, et al.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 341, 2003
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: July 28, 2003

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
ORACLE CORPORATION, by and 
through its Special Litigation 
Committee, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
THOMAS J. BARONE, RICHARD 
K. RIMAN, DANIEL ORONA, and 
NICHOLAS VITANI, 
 
Plaintiffs Below- 
Appellees. 
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§  No. 341, 2003 
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§  Court Below—Court of Chancery 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  C.A. No. 18751 
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Submitted: July 9, 2003 
  Decided: July 28, 2003 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This          day of July 2003, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The defendant below, Oracle Corporation, through its Special 
Litigation Committee (SLC), has petitioned this Court to appeal from an 
interlocutory opinion of the Court of Chancery dated June 13, 2003 and revised 
June 17, 2003.  The Court of Chancery’s opinion denied the SLC’s motion to 
terminate the Court of Chancery derivative action.   
(2) 
On July 8, 2003, the Court of Chancery denied the SLC’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