Title: Duffy v. Kent County Levy Court
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 390, 2009
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: July 14, 2009

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
MICHAEL A. DUFFY,  
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
KENT COUNTY LEVY COURT, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 390, 2009 
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§  Court Below-Court of Chancery 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  C.A. No. 4281 
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Submitted: July 8, 2009 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: July 14, 2009 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 14th day of July 2009, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The plaintiff-appellant, Michael A. Duffy, has petitioned this 
Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to appeal from the Court of 
Chancery’s interlocutory rulings on June 8, 2009 and June 22, 2009, which 
denied Duffy’s motion for a preliminary injunction and ordered Duffy to 
post bond pending his appeal to this Court. 
 
(2) 
On June 22, 2009, the Court of Chancery refused to certify an 
interlocutory appeal to this Court because its rulings did not determine any 
substantial issue and did not satisfy any of the criteria of Rule 42. 
 
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(3) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the 
sound discretion of this Court and are granted only in exceptional 
circumstances.1  We have examined the Court of Chancery’s interlocutory 
rulings according to the criteria set forth in Rule 42.  In the exercise of its 
discretion, this Court has concluded that such exceptional circumstances as 
would merit interlocutory review of the Court of Chancery’s rulings do not 
exist in this case. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the within interlocutory 
appeal is REFUSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
                                                 
1 Supr. Ct. R. 42(b).