Delaware Court of Chancery Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard has denied an expedited appeal of a ruling that struck down a company’s fee-shifting bylaw, delaying for now the first Supreme Court showdown over the scope of Delaware’s ban on the corporate provisions.

Attorneys for the Illinois-based payroll firm Paylocity Holding Corp. in January asked Bouchard to approve interlocutory appeal after Bouchard found the bylaw invalid in light of a 2015 amendment to Delaware’s corporate law.