Title: IAC/Interactive Corp. v. O'Brien
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 531, 2009
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: September 18, 2009

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IAC/INTERACTIVE CORP.   
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f/k/a USA NETWORKS, INC.,  
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No. 531, 2009 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Defendant Below,  
 
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Court Below—Court of  
 
Appellant,  
 
 
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Chancery of the State of   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Delaware in and for New  
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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Castle County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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WESLEY T. O’BRIEN,  
 
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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C.A. No. 3892 
 
Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: September 15, 2009 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
September 18, 2009 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 18th day of September 2009, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
On September 9, 2009, defendant-appellant, IAC/Interactive 
Corp. (“IAC”), petitioned this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42 
(“Rule 42”), to appeal from an interlocutory order in the Court of Chancery 
for indemnification and advancement.  The Court of Chancery’s 
memorandum opinion and order entered on August 14, 2009, denied IAC’s 
motion for summary judgment and granted a motion for partial summary 
judgment filed by plaintiff-appellee, Wesley T. O’Brien (“O’Brien”). 
 
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(2) 
On September 3, 2009, O’Brien filed a response opposing 
IAC’s application for certification.  By order dated September 14, 2009, the 
Court of Chancery denied IAC’s application for certification of the 
interlocutory appeal. 
 
(3) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the 
sound discretion of this Court and are granted only in exceptional 
circumstances.*  In the exercise of its discretion, the Court has concluded 
that exceptional circumstances as would merit interlocutory review of the 
Court of Chancery’s memorandum opinion and order do not exist in this 
case. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 
interlocutory appeal is REFUSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Carolyn Berger  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                          
 
* Del. Supr. Ct. R. 42(b), (d)(v).