Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III on Wednesday declined to revisit an earlier decision that left hearings on allegations of pre-filing spoliation to an arbitrator, finding that a review before the court would be inefficient and interfere with his management of the case.
Dealertrack Inc., a Delaware corporation challenging the dissolution of a joint venture, had asked Glasscock to certify an interlocutory appeal of his March bench ruling, in which the vice chancellor ruled, per a contractual agreement, that he would only hear evidence of spoliation or litigation misconduct that occurred after case was filed in December 2015. All other evidence of spoliation, he said, should be presented to an arbitrator overseeing the case.
