Opinion ID: 1443085
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Heading: Reargument Motion Denied

Text: On August 8, 2005, the appellants filed a Motion for Reargument of the Superior Court's order granting summary judgment in favor of PwC. The sole basis for this motion was the appellants' contention that the order granting summary judgment should be reversed in light of appellants' alleged subsequent discovery of the Dunn e-mail and the March 11, 2002 Letter. On September 6, 2005, the Superior Court denied the appellants' Motion for Reargument. The trial judge held that it was without jurisdiction to act upon the merits of the appellants' motion for reargument. The trial judge determined that the appellants did not file their Motion for Reargument within the five-day jurisdictional time limit of Superior Court Civil Rule 59(e). The five-day rule for filing and serving motions for reargument is jurisdictional. The trial judge did not have discretion to extend the deadline. [13] Therefore, the trial judge properly concluded that he was without jurisdiction to decide the merits of the appellants' motion for reargument.