Title: Delmarva Power & Light v. Motiva
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 553, 2004
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: December 29, 2004

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT 
COMPANY, 
a 
Delaware 
and 
Virginia corporation, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
MOTIVA ENTERPRISES LLC, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 553, 2004 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  C.A. No. 03C-11-139 
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Submitted: December 22, 2004 
  Decided: December 29, 2004 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 29th day of December 2004, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The plaintiff below, Delmarva Power & Light Company 
(Delmarva), has petitioned this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to 
appeal from an interlocutory ruling of the Superior Court dated November 12, 
2004.  The Superior Court=s ruling denied Delmarva=s motion to dismiss 
defendant Motiva Enterprise’s counterclaim.   
(2) 
On December 20, 2004, the Superior Court denied Delmarva=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/ Myron T. Steele_ 
Chief Justice