Delaware Supreme Court Decisions 2018

Opinions 1 - 500 of 602

McDougal v. State
Date: December 31, 2018
Docket Number: 461, 2018
Bryson-Coles v. State
Date: December 28, 2018
Docket Number: 192, 2018
Garrett v. Amazon.com, Inc.
Date: December 28, 2018
Docket Number: 341, 2018
Fatir a/k/a Hobbs
Date: December 28, 2018
Docket Number: 521, 2018
Gibson v. State
Date: December 27, 2018
Docket Number: 397, 2018
Johnson v. State
Date: December 27, 2018
Docket Number: 511, 2018
St. Louis v. State
Date: December 27, 2018
Docket Number: 548, 2018
Garvey v. State
Date: December 26, 2018
Docket Number: 211, 2018
Burton v. State
Date: December 26, 2018
Docket Number: 287, 2018
Isaacson v. Niedermayer, et al.
Date: December 26, 2018
Docket Number: 306, 2018
Hainey v. State
Date: December 26, 2018
Docket Number: 498, 2018
Patel v. State
Date: December 21, 2018
Docket Number: 270, 2018
Copes v. State
Date: December 21, 2018
Docket Number: 295, 2018
Barber-Banks v. Daulton
Date: December 21, 2018
Docket Number: 92, 2018
Bathla v. 913 Market, LLC  
Date: December 20, 2018
Docket Number: 28, 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal concerned a dispute over which party to a failed commercial real estate sale is entitled to the buyer’s deposit. The seller, 913 Market, LLC, claims that it was entitled to the deposit because the buyer…

Satchell v. State
Date: December 20, 2018
Docket Number: 396, 2018
Yothers v. Yothers
Date: December 20, 2018
Docket Number: 563, 2018
Zerhi v. DeLeon
Date: December 19, 2018
Docket Number: 517, 2018
inTEAM Associates, LLC, et al. v. Heartland Payment Systems, LLC
Date: December 18, 2018
Docket Number: 330, 2018
Matter of MacNeil
Date: December 18, 2018
Docket Number: 553, 2018
Poston, et al. v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Date: December 18, 2018
Docket Number: 579, 2018
Brown v. State
Date: December 17, 2018
Docket Number: 385, 2018
Matter of Montgomery
Date: December 17, 2018
Docket Number: 575, 2018
Demby v. State
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 298, 2018
Dorsey v. State
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 305, 2018
O'Neil v. State
Date: December 14, 2018
Docket Number: 38, 2018
Price v. State
Date: December 13, 2018
Docket Number: 314, 2018
Coble v. State
Date: December 13, 2018
Docket Number: 357, 2018
Burris v. State
Date: December 13, 2018
Docket Number: 456, 2018
Toomey v. State
Date: December 13, 2018
Docket Number: 460, 2018
Connolly v. Alpha Epsilon PHI Sorority, et al.
Date: December 12, 2018
Docket Number: 152, 2018
Pinkston v. State
Date: December 12, 2018
Docket Number: 184, 2018
Cannon v. State
Date: December 12, 2018
Docket Number: 228, 2018
Madison v. State
Date: December 11, 2018
Docket Number: 247, 2018
Grimaldi v. State
Date: December 11, 2018
Docket Number: 423, 2018
Chambers v. State
Date: December 11, 2018
Docket Number: 431, 2018
Delaware Department of Natural Resources, et al. v. Food & Water Watch
Date: December 11, 2018
Docket Number: 459, 2018
Biggins v. State
Date: December 11, 2018
Docket Number: 462, 2018
Armstrong v. Council of The Devon and The Devon Condominium
Date: December 10, 2018
Docket Number: 206, 2018
Rowan v. State
Date: December 10, 2018
Docket Number: 249, 2018
Hunter v. Gamble
Date: December 10, 2018
Docket Number: 45, 2018
Williams v. State
Date: December 10, 2018
Docket Number: 474, 2018
Carter v. State
Date: December 10, 2018
Docket Number: 516, 2018
Miller v. State
Date: December 10, 2018
Docket Number: 522, 2018
Metelus v. State
Date: December 10, 2018
Docket Number: 531, 2017
Ways v. Delaware  
Date: December 10, 2018
Docket Number: 547, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Brandon Ways appealed after a jury found him guilty of Aggravated Possession of Heroin in a Tier 5 Quantity, Drug Dealing in a Tier 4 Quantity, and Conspiracy in the Second Degree. These charges were the result…

Gaines v. Gaines
Date: December 7, 2018
Docket Number: 289, 2018
Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, et al.
Date: December 7, 2018
Docket Number: 535, 2018
Manley v. State
Date: December 6, 2018
Docket Number: 165, 2018
Kennedy v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al.
Date: December 6, 2018
Docket Number: 285, 2018
Stevens v. State
Date: December 5, 2018
Docket Number: 180, 2018
Benson v. State
Date: December 5, 2018
Docket Number: 216, 2018
Matter of Wisher
Date: December 5, 2018
Docket Number: 467, 2018
Harris v. State
Date: December 5, 2018
Docket Number: 484, 2017
Delgrosso v. United States of America
Date: December 5, 2018
Docket Number: 532, 2018
Stuart v. Stuart
Date: December 5, 2018
Docket Number: 64, 2018
Walls v. State
Date: December 4, 2018
Docket Number: 336, 2018
Jasinski v. State
Date: December 4, 2018
Docket Number: 353, 2018
Haskins v. State
Date: December 4, 2018
Docket Number: 550, 2018
Anderson v. State
Date: December 4, 2018
Docket Number: 72, 2018
Shelley v. State
Date: December 3, 2018
Docket Number: 415, 2018
Matter of Harmon
Date: December 3, 2018
Docket Number: 591, 2018
Elder v. State
Date: December 3, 2018
Docket Number: 61, 2018
Davis v. Pullin
Date: November 30, 2018
Docket Number: 142, 2018
Fernstrom v. Ellis Point Condominium Association, Inc., et al.
Date: November 30, 2018
Docket Number: 209, 2018
Majette v. State
Date: November 30, 2018
Docket Number: 381, 2018
Savoy-Sanz v. Shadows
Date: November 30, 2018
Docket Number: 39, 2018
Arunachalam v. Pazuniak Law Office, LLC, et al.
Date: November 29, 2018
Docket Number: 225, 2018
Kerr v. Thompson, et al.
Date: November 29, 2018
Docket Number: 436, 2018
Harris v. State
Date: November 29, 2018
Docket Number: 512, 2018
Smith v. State
Date: November 28, 2018
Docket Number: 199, 2018
Taylor v. Green Acres Farm, Inc., et al.
Date: November 28, 2018
Docket Number: 257, 2018
Brown v. State
Date: November 26, 2018
Docket Number: 204, 2018
Trotter v. State
Date: November 21, 2018
Docket Number: 120, 2018
Berzins Enterprises, Inc. v. Sussex County
Date: November 21, 2018
Docket Number: 122, 2018
White v. State
Date: November 21, 2018
Docket Number: 300, 2018
Smith v. State
Date: November 20, 2018
Docket Number: 202, 2018
Young v. State
Date: November 20, 2018
Docket Number: 463, 2018
Order
Date: November 20, 2018
Docket Number: 509, 2018
Anderson v. State
Date: November 20, 2018
Docket Number: 559, 2017
Homeland Insurance v. Corvel Corp  
Date: November 20, 2018
Docket Number: 60, 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Homeland Insurance Company of New York appealed a superior court judgment entered against it in the amount of $13.5 million plus pre-judgment interest. The litigation that led to the judgment was initiated by CorVel…

O'Neal v. State
Date: November 19, 2018
Docket Number: 509, 2018
Anderson v. State
Date: November 19, 2018
Docket Number: 559, 2017
Wright v. State
Date: November 16, 2018
Docket Number: 194, 2018
Griffin v. State
Date: November 16, 2018
Docket Number: 198, 2018
Gonzalez v. State
Date: November 15, 2018
Docket Number: 297, 2018
Lewis v. State
Date: November 15, 2018
Docket Number: 369, 2018
Taylor v. Deboise
Date: November 15, 2018
Docket Number: 389, 2017
Payne v. State
Date: November 15, 2018
Docket Number: 430, 2018
Potts v. State
Date: November 15, 2018
Docket Number: 504, 2018
Roy v. State
Date: November 14, 2018
Docket Number: 568, 2017
Weber v. State
Date: November 13, 2018
Docket Number: 168, 2018
Desmond v. State
Date: November 13, 2018
Docket Number: 383, 2018
Brooks v. State
Date: November 13, 2018
Docket Number: 70, 2018
Rogers v. State
Date: November 8, 2018
Docket Number: 195, 2018
Kinslow v. State
Date: November 8, 2018
Docket Number: 492, 2018
Dugan v. Saget
Date: November 7, 2018
Docket Number: 124, 2018
Composecure, L.L.C. v. Cardux, LLC, et al.  
Date: November 7, 2018
Docket Number: 177, 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant CompoSecure, LLC. appealed a nearly $17 million Chancery Court judgment for past-due commissions, legal fees and expenses, pre-judgment interest, and contract damages arising out of a sales agreement with…

Enhaili v. J. Douglas Patterson, M.D., et al.
Date: November 7, 2018
Docket Number: 272, 2018
Engles v. Engles
Date: November 7, 2018
Docket Number: 99, 2018
DeBruce v. State
Date: November 6, 2018
Docket Number: 239, 2018
Merritt v. State
Date: November 5, 2018
Docket Number: 104, 2018
Ortiz-Quinones v. Christiana Care
Date: November 5, 2018
Docket Number: 171, 2018
DeBruce v. State
Date: November 5, 2018
Docket Number: 239, 2018
US Bank National Assoc v. Wood
Date: November 5, 2018
Docket Number: 549, 2018
Patron v. O'Neil
Date: November 2, 2018
Docket Number: 117, 2018
Dunnell v. State
Date: November 2, 2018
Docket Number: 564, 2017
Weller v. Morris James LLP
Date: November 1, 2018
Docket Number: 200, 2018
Johnson v. State
Date: November 1, 2018
Docket Number: 464, 2018
Miles v. State
Date: November 1, 2018
Docket Number: 558, 2017
Riggins v. State
Date: October 31, 2018
Docket Number: 79, 2018
Boyer v. Wesley, et al.
Date: October 30, 2018
Docket Number: 510, 2018
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated v. Amalgamated Bank, et al.
Date: October 26, 2018
Docket Number: 162, 2018
Equity Trust Company v. Interactive Brokers LLC
Date: October 26, 2018
Docket Number: 172, 2018
Warnick v. State
Date: October 26, 2018
Docket Number: 453, 2018
Florestal v. State
Date: October 26, 2018
Docket Number: 508, 2018
Lankford, et al. v. Hilaire, et al.
Date: October 25, 2018
Docket Number: 102, 2018
Watson v. State
Date: October 25, 2018
Docket Number: 157, 2018
Bradley v. State
Date: October 24, 2018
Docket Number: 119, 2018
Montgomery v. State
Date: October 23, 2018
Docket Number: 10/23/18
Montgomery v. State
Date: October 23, 2018
Docket Number: 518, 2018
Layton & Costas v. Layton
Date: October 23, 2018
Docket Number: 87,2018; 100,2018; 125, 2018
Wright v. State
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number: 146, 2018
Petty v. State
Date: October 19, 2018
Docket Number: 362, 2018
Mumford v. State
Date: October 17, 2018
Docket Number: 434, 2017
Rollins v. State
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number: 212, 2018
Johnson v. Connections Community Support Programs, Inc., et al.
Date: October 16, 2018
Docket Number: 426, 2017
Martin v. State
Date: October 12, 2018
Docket Number: 30, 2018
Cunningham v. Prof-2013-S3 Legal Title Trust II, et al.
Date: October 12, 2018
Docket Number: 49, 2018
Dickerson v. State
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number: 109, 2018
Clements v. State
Date: October 11, 2018
Docket Number: 161, 2018
Sykes v. State
Date: October 10, 2018
Docket Number: 12, 2018
Keis v. State
Date: October 10, 2018
Docket Number: 58, 2018
Flood v. Synutra International, Inc., et al.  
Date: October 9, 2018
Docket Number: 101, 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: The question before the Delaware Supreme Court in this case was whether the Court of Chancery properly applied Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp., 88 A.3d 635 (Del. 2014) (“MFW”) by reading it as: (1) allowing for the…

Boone v. State
Date: October 9, 2018
Docket Number: 332, 2018
Mallard v. DSCYF
Date: October 9, 2018
Docket Number: 556, 2017
Drummond v. O'Garro
Date: October 9, 2018
Docket Number: 89, 2018
Jones v. State
Date: October 5, 2018
Docket Number: 334, 2018
Cabrera v. State
Date: October 4, 2018
Docket Number: 82, 2018
Clark v. State
Date: October 3, 2018
Docket Number: 213, 2018
Roten v. State
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number: 356, 2018
Wilson v. State
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number: 536, 2017
Delaware Board of Nursing v. Francis  
Date: October 2, 2018
Docket Number: 69, 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Licensed nurses may be disciplined if they engage in “unprofessional conduct.” The applicable Delaware statute did not define “unprofessional conduct,” so the Board of Nursing adopted a rule to flesh the term out. Two…

Wilz v. Tortella Enterprises
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number: 147, 2018
Collick v. State
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number: 322, 2018
NCM Group Holdings, LLC v. IVI Group Investments, LLC, et al.
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number: 506, 2017
Rogers v. Bushey and Milton Fire Department
Date: October 1, 2018
Docket Number: 98, 2018
Weasley v. Weasley
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 231, 2018
Schueller v. Cordrey
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 485, 2017
Mallard v. DSCYF
Date: September 28, 2018
Docket Number: 556, 2017
Silicato-Wood Partnership v. Two Farms
Date: September 27, 2018
Docket Number: 408, 2018
Flowers v. Delaware  
Date: September 27, 2018
Docket Number: 52, 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Ron Flowers and his co-defendant, Tariq Mariney, were indicted on charges of Drug Dealing, Aggravated Possession of Cocaine, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (“PFDCF”), Carrying a Concealed…

Macnair v. Washington
Date: September 27, 2018
Docket Number: 529, 2017
Fleetwood v. State
Date: September 27, 2018
Docket Number: 9, 2018
Seeco v. Drummel
Date: September 26, 2018
Docket Number: 3, 2018
Zera v. State
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Number: 293, 2018
Aharon v. Kleinberg, et al.
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Number: 427, 2018
Gifford v. 601 Christiana Investors, LLC, et al.
Date: September 25, 2018
Docket Number: 571, 2017
Matter of Stritzinger
Date: September 24, 2018
Docket Number: 253, 2018
King v. State
Date: September 24, 2018
Docket Number: 312, 2017
Wynn v. Delaware Dept. of Correction, et al.
Date: September 24, 2018
Docket Number: 451, 2018
Mathis v. DFS
Date: September 24, 2018
Docket Number: 508, 2017
Charles v. DSCYF/DFS
Date: September 24, 2018
Docket Number: 552, 2017
Moody v. State
Date: September 24, 2018
Docket Number: 570, 2017
Charney v. Standard General L.P., et al.
Date: September 24, 2018
Docket Number: 65, 2018
Taylor v. State
Date: September 21, 2018
Docket Number: 68, 2018
Miller, et al. v. HCP Trumpet Investments, LLC, et al.
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number: 107, 2018
Pulliam v. State
Date: September 20, 2018
Docket Number: 450, 2018
Bradford v. State
Date: September 18, 2018
Docket Number: 226, 2018
Ploof v. State
Date: September 18, 2018
Docket Number: 47, 2018
Ploof v. State
Date: September 18, 2018
Docket Number: 48, 2018
Wilkerson v. State
Date: September 17, 2018
Docket Number: 264, 2018
Newman v. State
Date: September 17, 2018
Docket Number: 46, 2018
Guardado v. Roos Foods
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 116, 2018
Drew v. State
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 167, 2018
Bredford v. Washington
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 277, 2018
Dugan v. Cockran
Date: September 14, 2018
Docket Number: 340, 2018
Coleman v. Stevenson & Dotson
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number: 191, 2018
In the Matter of: Moyo
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number: 472, 2018
Lawhorn v. State
Date: September 13, 2018
Docket Number: 572, 2017
Miles v. State
Date: September 7, 2018
Docket Number: 207, 2018
Patrick v. State
Date: September 7, 2018
Docket Number: 345, 2018
Hester v. State
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number: 267, 2018
Daskin v. Knowles  
Date: September 6, 2018
Docket Number: 513, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: Gene Daskin, a Greek citizen residing in Greece, appealed two Delaware Family Court decisions finding subject matter jurisdiction over his wife's divorce petition and finding service of process on him was sufficient…

Ridgeway v. Acme Markets, Inc., et al.
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number: 18, 2018
Edge v. State
Date: September 5, 2018
Docket Number: 501, 2017
Winchester v. State
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number: 251, 2018
Hubbard v. State
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number: 358, 2018
Matter of Cannon
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number: 372, 2018
Clouser v. Dougherty, et al.
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number: 405, 2018
Outlaw v. State
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number: 214, 2018
Ortiz v. State
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number: 301, 2018
Harris v. State
Date: August 31, 2018
Docket Number: 535, 2017
Jobes v. State
Date: August 30, 2018
Docket Number: 313, 2018
Wiggins v. State
Date: August 29, 2018
Docket Number: 258, 2018
Scott v. State
Date: August 29, 2018
Docket Number: 417, 2018
Matter of a Member of the Bar: Young
Date: August 29, 2018
Docket Number: 435, 2018
Law v. State
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number: 139, 2018
Lawley v. State
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number: 318, 2018
Tull v. State
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number: 354, 2018
Tolliver v. Delaware Futures
Date: August 28, 2018
Docket Number: 56, 2018
Fowler v. Delaware  
Date: August 27, 2018
Docket Number: 442, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: Alan Fowler was present during two melees at which gun shots were fired, and bystanders were shot. Fowler was convicted on multiple crimes arising from the shootings. After Fowler’s trial and direct appeal were over, it…

Bradley v. Delaware  
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number: 549, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury found Zamarianne Bradley guilty of first-degree assault of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. She appealed that conviction and the trial court’s ruling denying her motion for acquittal, arguing the…

Harrell v. State
Date: August 23, 2018
Docket Number: 237, 2018
Schmidt v. Schmidt
Date: August 23, 2018
Docket Number: 76, 2018
Lum v. State
Date: August 22, 2018
Docket Number: 424, 2017
Norman v. All About Women, P.A., et al.  
Date: August 21, 2018
Docket Number: 26, 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Amanda Norman appealed after a superior court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants All About Women, P.A. and Christine W. Maynard, M.D. in a medical negligence case. The grant of summary judgment…

Petrone v. Canal Corkran Homeowners Association, Inc.
Date: August 21, 2018
Docket Number: 34, 2018
Harris v. State
Date: August 20, 2018
Docket Number: 399, 2018
Daskin v. Knowles  
Date: August 20, 2018
Docket Number: 513, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: The Delaware Supreme Court granted review to an interlocutory appeal in a Family Court divorce proceeding. The wife, Gretchen Knowles, was a dual citizen of the United States and Greece. She was born in Wilmington and…

Demby v. State
Date: August 17, 2018
Docket Number: 135, 2018
Hall v. State
Date: August 17, 2018
Docket Number: 363, 2018
Phelps, et al. v. Dr. Joseph T. West, et al.
Date: August 16, 2018
Docket Number: 500, 2017D
Shoates v. State
Date: August 14, 2018
Docket Number: 148, 2018
Alexander v. State
Date: August 13, 2018
Docket Number: 1, 2018
Mooney v. E.I DuPont de Nemours & Co.
Date: August 13, 2018
Docket Number: 560, 2017
Tillman v. US Bank National Association
Date: August 10, 2018
Docket Number: 250, 2018
Layton & Costas v. Layton
Date: August 9, 2018
Docket Number: 376, 2018
Purcell v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
Date: August 9, 2018
Docket Number: 515, 2017
Trainor v. Trainor
Date: August 9, 2018
Docket Number: 532, 2017
Gibbs v. State
Date: August 7, 2018
Docket Number: 115, 2018
Martinez v. Metzger
Date: August 7, 2018
Docket Number: 182, 2018
Crump v. State
Date: August 7, 2018
Docket Number: 2, 2018
Paitsel v. State
Date: August 6, 2018
Docket Number: 317, 2018
King v. State
Date: August 6, 2018
Docket Number: 338, 2018
Vandyke v. State
Date: August 3, 2018
Docket Number: 327, 2018
Fatir v. Department of Correction, et al.
Date: August 3, 2018
Docket Number: 331, 2018
Escobar-Arcos v. State
Date: August 3, 2018
Docket Number: 343, 2018
Sanders v. State
Date: August 2, 2018
Docket Number: 240, 2018
Brunhammer v. State
Date: August 1, 2018
Docket Number: 222, 2018
BHEP GP I, LLC, et al. v. Kentucky Retirement Systems, et al.
Date: August 1, 2018
Docket Number: 352, 2018
Walls v. Phelps
Date: August 1, 2018
Docket Number: 402, 2017
Stuart v. Stuart
Date: August 1, 2018
Docket Number: 464, 2017
Brooks v. State
Date: July 31, 2018
Docket Number: 262, 2018
Kibler v. State
Date: July 30, 2018
Docket Number: 138, 2018
Wilson v. State
Date: July 30, 2018
Docket Number: 140, 2018
Bouyer-Bello v. UIAB
Date: July 30, 2018
Docket Number: 178, 2018
Williams v. State
Date: July 30, 2018
Docket Number: 274, 2018
In Re: TIAA-CREF Insurance Appeals
Date: July 30, 2018
Docket Number: 478,2017; 479,2017; 480,2017; 481,2017
Morrison, et al. v. Berry, et al.  
Date: July 27, 2018
Docket Number: 445, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: In March 2016, soon after The Fresh Market (the “Company”) announced plans to go private, the Company publicly filed certain required disclosures under the federal securities laws. Given that the transaction involved a…

Hamilton v. State
Date: July 25, 2018
Docket Number: 179, 2018
Tillman v. US Bank National Association
Date: July 25, 2018
Docket Number: 250, 2018
Trainor v. Trainor
Date: July 25, 2018
Docket Number: 532, 2017
Winter v. State
Date: July 24, 2018
Docket Number: 127, 2018
Flowers v. State
Date: July 24, 2018
Docket Number: 163, 2018
Reeser v. DFS
Date: July 24, 2018
Docket Number: 164, 2018
Immanuel Shelter v. Hartigan
Date: July 24, 2018
Docket Number: 294, 2018
Smith v. Richman et al.
Date: July 24, 2018
Docket Number: 296, 2018
Premier Healthcare Inc v. State of Delawaer
Date: July 24, 2018
Docket Number: 355, 2018
Thompson v. Delaware  
Date: July 24, 2018
Docket Number: 489, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Jamar Thompson challenged a Superior Court finding that he violated his probation. On appeal he argued: (1) his right to due process under Amendment XIV of the United States Constitution was violated because he…

Machette v. State
Date: July 23, 2018
Docket Number: 268, 2018
Phillips v. State
Date: July 20, 2018
Docket Number: 203, 2018
Hooper v. Olmstead
Date: July 19, 2018
Docket Number: 325, 2018
Pinkston v. State
Date: July 19, 2018
Docket Number: 541, 2017
Scott v. State
Date: July 19, 2018
Docket Number: 66, 2018
Pope Investments LLC v. The Marilyn Abrams Living Trust
Date: July 18, 2018
Docket Number: 259, 2017
Banner v. Merit Employee Relations Board
Date: July 18, 2018
Docket Number: 449, 2017
Brice v. State
Date: July 18, 2018
Docket Number: 561, 2017
Tagert v. Peterson
Date: July 17, 2018
Docket Number: 113, 2018
Elmore v. State
Date: July 17, 2018
Docket Number: 227, 2018
Miller v. State
Date: July 17, 2018
Docket Number: 337, 2018
Tucker v. State
Date: July 17, 2018
Docket Number: 390, 2017
Tucker v. State
Date: July 16, 2018
Docket Number: 390, 2017
The Travelers Indemnity Co v. CNH Industrial America
Date: July 16, 2018
Docket Number: 420, 2017
Matter of Irwin, a Disabled Person
Date: July 13, 2018
Docket Number: 326, 2018
Deputy v. Dr. J. Conlan
Date: July 12, 2018
Docket Number: 269, 2017
The Boeing Company v. Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.
Date: July 12, 2018
Docket Number: 5, 2018
Stoner v. State
Date: July 11, 2018
Docket Number: 223, 2018
Hegedus v. Bank of New York Mellon
Date: July 10, 2018
Docket Number: 21, 2018
Donovan Smith HOA v. Donovan Smith MHP, LLC
Date: July 10, 2018
Docket Number: 24, 2018
Brinkley v. State
Date: July 10, 2018
Docket Number: 476, 2017
Zachery v. DSCS/Zachery
Date: July 10, 2018
Docket Number: 493, 2017
Fatir a/k/a Hobbs v. State
Date: July 9, 2018
Docket Number: 132, 2018
Thompson v. State
Date: July 9, 2018
Docket Number: 151, 2018
Waples v. State
Date: July 9, 2018
Docket Number: 201, 2017
Morrison, et al. v. Berry, et al.  
Date: July 9, 2018
Docket Number: 445, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: In March 2016, soon after The Fresh Market (the “Company”) announced plans to go private, the Company publicly filed certain required disclosures under the federal securities laws. Given that the transaction involved a…

Taylor v. State
Date: July 9, 2018
Docket Number: 563, 2017
Amur Finance Company, Inc. v. Pine River Master Fund Ltd.
Date: July 9, 2018
Docket Number: 7, 2018
Dupree v. State
Date: July 5, 2018
Docket Number: 234, 2018
Stakeman v. Parker
Date: July 5, 2018
Docket Number: 362, 2017
Goode v. State
Date: July 5, 2018
Docket Number: 430, 2017
Durham v. State
Date: July 3, 2018
Docket Number: 134, 2018
Banes v. Costner
Date: July 3, 2018
Docket Number: 261, 2018
Stover v. State
Date: July 3, 2018
Docket Number: 95, 2018
Harris v. State
Date: July 2, 2018
Docket Number: 4, 2018
Biggins v. State
Date: June 29, 2018
Docket Number: 153, 2018
In the Matter of a Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court
Date: June 29, 2018
Docket Number: 283, 2018
SAunders-Gomez v. Rutledge Maintenance Corp
Date: June 28, 2018
Docket Number: 184, 2017
Cason v. State of Delaware
Date: June 28, 2018
Docket Number: 36, 2018
Gupta v. Citizens Bank
Date: June 28, 2018
Docket Number: 395, 2017
Burke v. DSCYF
Date: June 28, 2018
Docket Number: 550, 2017
Ramsey v. Georgia Southern University Advanced Development Ctr  
Date: June 27, 2018
Docket Number: 305, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: This was a “take-home” asbestos case in which an employee’s now-deceased wife sued the companies who supplied asbestos products to her husband’s employer. Her husband’s employer caused him to work with those products,…

Johnson v. State Farm Mutual
Date: June 27, 2018
Docket Number: 450, 2017
Shelley v. State
Date: June 27, 2018
Docket Number: 471, 2017
Potts v. State
Date: June 26, 2018
Docket Number: 111, 2018
Sherman v. Dept of Public Safety  
Date: June 26, 2018
Docket Number: 206, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: Jane D.W. Doe, the deceased plaintiff whose estate was the appellant, was validly arrested by a Delaware State Police Officer for shoplifting, and “was subject to an outstanding capias.” Doe alleged that, rather than…

Jones v. Fleetway Capitol Corp
Date: June 26, 2018
Docket Number: 271, 2018
Kent v. State
Date: June 26, 2018
Docket Number: 8, 2018
Ortlip v. State
Date: June 25, 2018
Docket Number: 108, 2018
Spencer v. State
Date: June 25, 2018
Docket Number: 461, 2017
Hallett v. State
Date: June 25, 2018
Docket Number: 57, 2018
Basnight v. State
Date: June 21, 2018
Docket Number: 137, 2018
Brooks v. State
Date: June 21, 2018
Docket Number: 181, 2018
Wright v. State
Date: June 20, 2018
Docket Number: 129, 2018
Cabrera v. State
Date: June 20, 2018
Docket Number: 150, 2018
Matter of Trammell
Date: June 20, 2018
Docket Number: 190, 2018
Ladell-Sagel v. Ladell-Sagel
Date: June 20, 2018
Docket Number: 314, 2017
Beal v. State
Date: June 20, 2018
Docket Number: 85, 2018
Matter of Franklin, a disable person
Date: June 19, 2018
Docket Number: 255, 2018
Piper v. State
Date: June 19, 2018
Docket Number: 269, 2018
Mathis v. State
Date: June 19, 2018
Docket Number: 278, 2018
Andreavich v. State
Date: June 19, 2018
Docket Number: 328, 2017
Day v. 21st Century North American Insurance, Co. et al.
Date: June 19, 2018
Docket Number: 428, 2017
Pots v. DFS
Date: June 19, 2018
Docket Number: 507, 2017
Horvat v. State of Delaware OMB
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 483, 2017
Atlantic States Insurance Co v. Finney
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 553, 2017
Miller v. State
Date: June 14, 2018
Docket Number: 160, 2018
Philipot v. State
Date: June 14, 2018
Docket Number: 187, 2018
Hargraves v. State
Date: June 14, 2018
Docket Number: 400, 2017
Wingate v. State
Date: June 14, 2018
Docket Number: 438, 2017
The Lima Delta Company v. Global Aerospace, Inc.
Date: June 14, 2018
Docket Number: 455, 2017
Greene v. Allstate
Date: June 14, 2018
Docket Number: 522, 2017
Williams v. State
Date: June 14, 2018
Docket Number: 567, 2017
Grimes v. Delaware  
Date: June 12, 2018
Docket Number: 73, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: Russell Grimes was accused of participating in a bank robbery. He was indicted for first-degree robbery, aggravated menacing, and other related charges. At trial, the jury convicted him of first-degree robbery, but…

The Bd. of Adjustment of the City of Lewes v. Nepa; The City of Lewes v. Nepa
Date: June 11, 2018
Docket Number: 248, 2018; 256, 2018
The Board of Adj of the City of Lewes v. Nepa and City of Lewes
Date: June 11, 2018
Docket Number: 248, 2018
The Board of Adj of the City of Lewes v. Nepa and City of Lewes
Date: June 11, 2018
Docket Number: 256, 2018
Sells v. State
Date: June 11, 2018
Docket Number: 275, 2018
Pirestani v. Reagan
Date: June 11, 2018
Docket Number: 288, 2018
Pirestani v. Reagan
Date: June 11, 2018
Docket Number: 299, 2018
BTG International Inc. v. Wellstat Therapeutics Corporation
Date: June 11, 2018
Docket Number: 509, 2017
Gibbs v. State
Date: June 8, 2018
Docket Number: 193, 2018
Town of Cheswold v. Central Delaware Business Park  
Date: June 8, 2018
Docket Number: 270, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal, at issue before the Delaware Supreme Court was whether stipulated court orders agreed to in 2005 by a property owner and the Town of Cheswold prevented the Town from enacting new ordinances affecting the…

Scarborough v. State
Date: June 8, 2018
Docket Number: 37, 2018
Brinckerhoff, et al. v. Kinder Morgan, Inc., et al.
Date: June 8, 2018
Docket Number: 534, 2017
Stevens v. State
Date: June 7, 2018
Docket Number: 456, 2017
GEICO General Insurance Company v. Green, et al.
Date: June 5, 2018
Docket Number: 273, 2017
GEICO General Insurance Company v. Green, et al.
Date: June 5, 2018
Docket Number: 273, 2018
Matter of a Member of the Bar: Beauregard
Date: June 5, 2018
Docket Number: 477, 2017
Hawkins v. DSCYF
Date: June 5, 2018
Docket Number: 517, 2017
Walls v. State
Date: June 5, 2018
Docket Number: 74, 2018
Williams v. State
Date: June 4, 2018
Docket Number: 244, 2018
Godwin v. State
Date: June 4, 2018
Docket Number: 252, 2018
Matter of Lyles
Date: June 4, 2018
Docket Number: 59, 2018
Brannon v. State
Date: June 4, 2018
Docket Number: 91, 2017
Richardson v. State
Date: May 31, 2018
Docket Number: 238, 2018
Marvel v. State
Date: May 30, 2018
Docket Number: 121, 2018
Matter of Weber
Date: May 30, 2018
Docket Number: 169, 2018
Shorts v. State
Date: May 30, 2018
Docket Number: 268, 2017
Purnell v. Delaware Department of Insurance
Date: May 30, 2018
Docket Number: 412, 2017
Patterson v. Dept. of Health & Social Services, et al.
Date: May 30, 2018
Docket Number: 467, 2017
Brathwaite v. State
Date: May 30, 2018
Docket Number: 468, 2017
Foster v. State
Date: May 29, 2018
Docket Number: 130, 2018
Swain v. State
Date: May 29, 2018
Docket Number: 149, 2018
Everett v. Delaware  
Date: May 29, 2018
Docket Number: 257, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-appellant, Terrance Everett accepted a Facebook friend request from a detective who was using a fictitious profile. The detective then used information gained from such monitoring to obtain a search warrant for…

Moore v. State
Date: May 29, 2018
Docket Number: 313, 2017
Smith v. State
Date: May 29, 2018
Docket Number: 354, 2017
Crosby-Avant v. State
Date: May 29, 2018
Docket Number: 511, 2017
Winn v. State
Date: May 29, 2018
Docket Number: 520, 2017
Hines v. Williams
Date: May 29, 2018
Docket Number: 548, 2017
Escalera v. State
Date: May 25, 2018
Docket Number: 329, 2017
Smith v. State
Date: May 24, 2018
Docket Number: 317, 2017
Eagle Force Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Campbell  
Date: May 24, 2018
Docket Number: 399, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: After months of negotiations, the parties in this case signed versions of two transaction agreements: a limited liability company agreement, and a contribution and assignment agreement. However, a serious question…

Wood v. State
Date: May 24, 2018
Docket Number: 474, 2017
Young v. State
Date: May 23, 2018
Docket Number: 50, 2018
Rasin v. State
Date: May 23, 2018
Docket Number: 510, 2017
Tran v. State
Date: May 22, 2018
Docket Number: 386, 2017
Baines v. Hunter
Date: May 22, 2018
Docket Number: 526, 2017
Deweitt v. State
Date: May 21, 2018
Docket Number: 340, 2017
RBYCC Property Owners Assoc v. Wolhar
Date: May 21, 2018
Docket Number: 346, 2017
Mullens v Kilborne
Date: May 21, 2018
Docket Number: 370, 2017
Miller v. Akinbayo
Date: May 21, 2018
Docket Number: 546, 2017
R. A. Feuer v. Dauman, et al.
Date: May 18, 2018
Docket Number: 487, 2017
Malandruccolo v. State
Date: May 17, 2018
Docket Number: 343, 2017
Law v. State
Date: May 17, 2018
Docket Number: 372, 2017
Smith v. State
Date: May 17, 2018
Docket Number: 512, 2017
Stanford v. State
Date: May 16, 2018
Docket Number: 141, 2018
Nickerson v. State
Date: May 15, 2018
Docket Number: 330, 2017
Puryear v. State
Date: May 15, 2018
Docket Number: 40, 2018
Torres v. Reybold Homes, Inc.
Date: May 15, 2018
Docket Number: 460, 2017
Stanford v, State
Date: May 15, 2018
Docket Number: 499, 2017
Coleman v. State
Date: May 15, 2018
Docket Number: 63, 2018
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: May 11, 2018
Docket Number: 215, 2018
Williams v. State
Date: May 11, 2018
Docket Number: 465, 2017
Tutor Perini Corporation v. Greenstar IH Rep. LLC
Date: May 11, 2018
Docket Number: 504, 2017
Joseph v. State
Date: May 10, 2018
Docket Number: 136, 2018
Woody v. State
Date: May 10, 2018
Docket Number: 170, 2018
Brisco v. State
Date: May 10, 2018
Docket Number: 307, 2017
Matthews v. Detective Mancuso, et al.
Date: May 10, 2018
Docket Number: 419, 2017
Pettit, et al. v. HD Supply Holdings, Inc.
Date: May 10, 2018
Docket Number: 443, 2017
Bowen v. State
Date: May 10, 2018
Docket Number: 81, 2018
Wilmington Trust, N.A. v. Lincoln Benefit Life Company
Date: May 8, 2018
Docket Number: 242, 2018
Manuel v. State
Date: May 8, 2018
Docket Number: 280, 2017
Laforge v. DFS
Date: May 8, 2018
Docket Number: 335, 2017
Murphy-McConnell v. DFS
Date: May 8, 2018
Docket Number: 337, 2017
Williams v. State
Date: May 7, 2018
Docket Number: 29, 2018
Henson v. State
Date: May 7, 2018
Docket Number: 398, 2017
Shah f/k/a Lindsey v. State
Date: May 7, 2018
Docket Number: 490, 2017
Berkley v. Calhoun
Date: May 4, 2018
Docket Number: 357, 2017
Matter of a Member of Bar: Donald C. Vavala, III
Date: May 3, 2018
Docket Number: 208, 2018
Musk, et al. v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, et al.
Date: May 3, 2018
Docket Number: 221, 2018
Chase v. State
Date: May 3, 2018
Docket Number: 360, 2017
Elting v. Shawe
Date: May 3, 2018
Docket Number: 90, 2018
Day v. Wilcox Landscaping, Inc., et al.
Date: May 2, 2018
Docket Number: 132, 2017
Buchanan v. TD Bank, N.A., et al.
Date: May 2, 2018
Docket Number: 173, 2017
Justiniano v. State
Date: May 2, 2018
Docket Number: 342, 2017
Durham v. State
Date: May 2, 2018
Docket Number: 411, 2017
Hickman v. State
Date: May 2, 2018
Docket Number: 89, 2017
Scruggs v. State
Date: May 1, 2018
Docket Number: 145, 2018
Green v. Macy's and UIAB
Date: May 1, 2018
Docket Number: 416, 2017
Law v. State
Date: April 30, 2018
Docket Number: 372, 2017
Rembert v. State
Date: April 27, 2018
Docket Number: 27, 2018
Reilly v. State
Date: April 26, 2018
Docket Number: 175, 2018
Roth v. State
Date: April 26, 2018
Docket Number: 502, 2017
Yarborough v. State
Date: April 25, 2018
Docket Number: 166, 2018
Nichols v. DSCYF/DFS; Sampson v. DSCYF/DFS
Date: April 25, 2018
Docket Number: 332, 2017 & 339, 2017
Gillis v. Hughes
Date: April 25, 2018
Docket Number: 394, 2017
Clark v. State
Date: April 24, 2018
Docket Number: 214, 2017
Eaton v. Arch Telecom, Inc. and UIAB
Date: April 24, 2018
Docket Number: 469, 2017
Ballard v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., et al.
Date: April 23, 2018
Docket Number: 361, 2017
Dalton v. Saddler, et al.
Date: April 20, 2018
Docket Number: 403, 2017
Curry v. State
Date: April 20, 2018
Docket Number: 440, 2017
Spivey v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company
Date: April 19, 2018
Docket Number: 371, 2017
Samans v. State
Date: April 17, 2018
Docket Number: 128, 2018
Buckham v. Delaware  
Date: April 17, 2018
Docket Number: 538, 2016

Justia Opinion Summary: David Buckham was convicted at trial of assault in the first degree and related charges in connection with a shooting. His appeal presented two questions of criminal procedure for the Delaware Supreme Court’s…

Grimm v. State
Date: April 13, 2018
Docket Number: 55, 2018
Woodlin v. State
Date: April 12, 2018
Docket Number: 422, 2017
Robino v. Robino, III
Date: April 12, 2018
Docket Number: 453, 2017
Evans v. State
Date: April 12, 2018
Docket Number: 523, 2017
Mayo v. State
Date: April 11, 2018
Docket Number: 33, 2018
MacIntosh v. MacIntosh
Date: April 11, 2018
Docket Number: 345, 2017
Wallace v. State
Date: April 11, 2018
Docket Number: 444, 2017
Schaffer v. State
Date: April 10, 2018
Docket Number: 238, 2017
Owens v. State
Date: April 10, 2018
Docket Number: 80, 2018
Navigators Insurance Co., et al. v. Murdock, et al.
Date: April 6, 2018
Docket Number: 144, 2018
Campbell v. State
Date: April 6, 2018
Docket Number: 273, 2017
Bolton v. State
Date: April 6, 2018
Docket Number: 405, 2017
Lacombe v. State
Date: April 5, 2018
Docket Number: 22, 2018
Matter of Marvel
Date: April 5, 2018
Docket Number: 23, 2018
Jenkins v. State
Date: April 5, 2018
Docket Number: 409, 2017
Woods v. State
Date: April 5, 2018
Docket Number: 544, 2017
Coleman v. State
Date: April 5, 2018
Docket Number: 590, 2016
Jones v. State of Delaware Department of Correction, et al.
Date: April 4, 2018
Docket Number: 123, 2018
Wenzke v. State
Date: April 4, 2018
Docket Number: 20, 2018
Becerra v. State
Date: April 4, 2018
Docket Number: 387, 2017
Price v. Commissioner Robert Coupe
Date: April 2, 2018
Docket Number: 385, 2017
Pirestani v. Reagan, et al.
Date: March 29, 2018
Docket Number: 112, 2018
Bartell v. State
Date: March 29, 2018
Docket Number: 271, 2017
Jackson v. DFS
Date: March 29, 2018
Docket Number: 302, 2017
Dickerson v. Sage
Date: March 28, 2018
Docket Number: 432, 2017
Getz v. Board of Parole
Date: March 28, 2018
Docket Number: 527, 2017
Murdy v. State
Date: March 28, 2018
Docket Number: 97, 2018
Cook v. State
Date: March 27, 2018
Docket Number: 25, 2018
Maxwell v. State
Date: March 26, 2018
Docket Number: 347, 2017
Flonnory v. State
Date: March 26, 2018
Docket Number: 41, 2018
AWH Orlando Member, LLC v. REJV5 AWH Orlando, LLC, et al.
Date: March 26, 2018
Docket Number: 78, 2018
Pavik v. George & Lynch, Inc.  
Date: March 23, 2018
Docket Number: 160, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal involved a single-vehicle accident that occurred on Omar Road in Sussex County, Delaware. Ashlee Reed was the driver; Jacqueline Pavik was her passenger. Reed was injured in the accident. Pavik died from…

Decembre v. Perdue Farms LLC, et al.
Date: March 22, 2018
Docket Number: 336, 2017
Shabazz v. State
Date: March 22, 2018
Docket Number: 475, 2017
Aranda, et al. v. Philip Morris USA Inc., et al.  
Date: March 22, 2018
Docket Number: 525, 2016; 526, 527, 528, 529 & 530,2016

Justia Opinion Summary: According to the allegations of the complaint, the plaintiffs were adult and minor Argentinean citizens. The defendants, Philip Morris USA Inc. (“PM USA”) and Philip Morris Global Brands, Inc. (“PM Global”), owned…

Handy v. State
Date: March 22, 2018
Docket Number: 74, 2017
Tait v. State
Date: March 22, 2018
Docket Number: 77, 2018
Elenza, Inc. v. Alcon Laboratories Holding Corporation, et al.  
Date: March 20, 2018
Docket Number: 287, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: Alcon Laboratories Holding Corporation, a developer of artificial lenses, was exploring electroactive intraocular lens (“EAIOL”) that used electric power and changes in eye pupil size to “trigger” the focus of an…

Sykes v. State
Date: March 20, 2018
Docket Number: 452, 2017
Rivers v. Delaware  
Date: March 20, 2018
Docket Number: 536, 2016

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Christopher Rivers was convicted by jury trial on two counts of Murder in the First Degree, two Counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Conspiracy in the First Degree, and Criminal…

Jordan v. Morning
Date: March 20, 2018
Docket Number: 84, 2018
Street v. Butler
Date: March 19, 2018
Docket Number: 145, 2017
Mason v. DFS and Office of Child Advocate
Date: March 19, 2018
Docket Number: 246, 2017
Matter of Cannon
Date: March 16, 2018
Docket Number: 114, 2018
Jones v. Dover Behavioral Health Systems, et al.
Date: March 16, 2018
Docket Number: 376, 2017
Jones v. Christiana Hospital
Date: March 16, 2018
Docket Number: 378, 2017
Marquinez, et al. v. Dow Chemical Company, et al.  
Date: March 15, 2018
Docket Number: 231, 2017

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit certified a question of Delaware law to the Delaware Supreme Court. The plaintiff-appellants worked on banana plantations in Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama at…

Harrell v. State
Date: March 15, 2018
Docket Number: 266, 2017
Drummond v. Drummond
Date: March 15, 2018
Docket Number: 267, 2917
Kahn v. Stern, et al.
Date: March 15, 2018
Docket Number: 393, 2017
Jones v. Rockford Center, et al.
Date: March 15, 2018
Docket Number: 437,2017
Sanders v. State
Date: March 15, 2018
Docket Number: 71, 2018
Jones v. Wright & Bayhealth Medical Group
Date: March 14, 2018
Docket Number: 375, 2017
Matter of a Member of the Bar: Hurley
Date: March 14, 2018
Docket Number: 383, 2017
Anderson v. State
Date: March 14, 2018
Docket Number: 446, 2017
Matter of Peal
Date: March 14, 2018
Docket Number: 54, 2018
Kane v. State
Date: March 14, 2018
Docket Number: 569, 2017
Bentley v. Delaware Psychiatric Center
Date: March 14, 2018
Docket Number: 62, 2018
Brown v. State
Date: March 13, 2018
Docket Number: 282, 2017
Matter of a Member of the Bar: Turner
Date: March 13, 2018
Docket Number: 519, 2017
Henderson v. State
Date: March 13, 2018
Docket Number: 566, 2017
Kalil v. Kalil
Date: March 13, 2018
Docket Number: 91, 2018
Hardin v. State
Date: March 12, 2018
Docket Number: 10, 2018
Hall v. Maritek Corporation, et al.
Date: March 12, 2018
Docket Number: 379, 2017
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