World Award Foundation v. Anbang Insurance Group ( 2020 )

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
WORLD AWARD FOUNDATION §
INC., AMER GROUP LLC, AN §
BANG GROUP LLC, and AB § No. 265, 2020
STABLE GROUP LLC, §
§ Court Below: Court of Chancery
Plaintiffs Below, § of the State of Delaware
Appellants, §
§ C.A. No. 2019-0605
v. §
§
ANBANG INSURANCE GROUP §
CO. LTD., CBIRC, and BEIJING §
GREAT HUA BANG §
INVESTMENT GROUP CO. LTD., §
§
Defendants Below, §
Appellees. §
Submitted: September 8, 2020
Decided: September 21, 2020
ORDER
On August 11, 2020, this Court received from Tian Ge Zhou a notice of appeal
from a Court of Chancery order and judgment entered on July 2, 2020. Under
Supreme Court Rule 6, a timely notice of appeal should have been filed on or before
August 3, 2020. A notice of appeal must be timely filed to invoke the Court’s
appellate jurisdiction.1 A notice of appeal must be received by the Court within the
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Carr v. State, 554 A.2d 778, 779 (Del. 1989).
applicable time period to be effective.2 On August 24, 2020, the Senior Court Clerk
issued a notice directing the appellants to show cause why this appeal should not be
dismissed as untimely filed. On September 3, 2020, the Court received the certified
mail receipt indicating that the notice to show cause had been delivered on August
28, 2020. The appellants have not filed a response to the notice to show cause within
the required ten-day period. Dismissal of this appeal is therefore deemed to be
unopposed.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, under Supreme Court Rules 3(b)
and 29(b), that the appeal is DISMISSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr.
Chief Justice
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DEL. SUPR. CT. R. 10(a).
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