Companion Case Stayed
In Christiana Town Center LLC v. New Castle County, download pdf file, Vice Chancellor Noble imposed a stay of proceedings in light of the pendency of a "companion" case involving similar issues and parties, even though it did not involve identical parties, but involved many common issues that the court found would substantially resolve most if not all of the issues now before the court in the present case. Thus, though unusual, the court found that a stay was appropriate and it had power to impose it under the circumstances.
