Title: Rite Aid Corporation v. Bergonzi
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 550, 2003
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: November 20, 2003

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
RITE AID CORPORATION, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
FRANK BERGONZI, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 550, 2003 
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§  Court Below—Court of Chancery 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  C.A. No. 20453-NC 
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Submitted: November 10, 2003 
  Decided: November 20, 2003 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER and STEELE, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 20th day of November 2003, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The defendant below, Rite Aid Corporation, has petitioned this 
Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to appeal from an interlocutory 
ruling of the Court of Chancery dated October 20, 2003.  The Court of 
Chancery’s ruling dismissed Rite Aid’s counterclaim against the plaintiff, Frank 
Bergonzi, because the claim was not ripe for adjudication.  The dismissal was 
without prejudice to Rite Aid’s right to reassert the claim at a later time.   
(2) 
On November 5, 2003, the Court of Chancery denied Rite Aid’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/ Randy J. Holland 
Justice