Delaware Supreme Court Decisions 2022

Benson v. State
Date: December 29, 2022
Docket Number: 238, 2022
Ritchie v. State
Date: December 29, 2022
Docket Number: 249, 2022
Madison v. State
Date: December 29, 2022
Docket Number: 301, 2022
Kostyshyn v. State
Date: December 28, 2022
Docket Number: 439, 2022
Brown v. State
Date: December 22, 2022
Docket Number: 389, 2022
Wisher v. State
Date: December 21, 2022
Docket Number: 140, 2022
Navarro v. Bedolla-Figueroa
Date: December 21, 2022
Docket Number: 157, 2022
Thompson v. Fernbach
Date: December 21, 2022
Docket Number: 219, 2022
Morris v. DSCYF/DFS
Date: December 21, 2022
Docket Number: 228, 2022
Ferrer-Vasquez v. State
Date: December 21, 2022
Docket Number: 351, 2022
Kostyshyn v. The City of Wilmington
Date: December 20, 2022
Docket Number: 310, 2022
Boardwalk Pipeline v. Bandera Master Fund LP  
Date: December 19, 2022
Docket Number: 1, 2022

Justia Opinion Summary: The Boardwalk Master Limited Partnership's (“MLP”) limited partnership agreement (the “Partnership Agreement”) disclaimed the general partner’s fiduciary duties, and included a conclusive presumption of good faith when…

Conkey v. State
Date: December 19, 2022
Docket Number: 128, 2022
Robinson v. Reed
Date: December 19, 2022
Docket Number: 133, 2022
Wollner v. PearPop, Inc.
Date: December 13, 2022
Docket Number: 257, 2022
Albence v. Higgin  
Date: December 13, 2022
Docket Number: 342, 2022

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2022, Delaware Governor John Carney, Jr. signed into law two pieces of legislation affecting how Delaware citizens register to vote and cast their ballots. Under one bill, the "Same-Day Registration Statute," the…

Crosby v. State
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 191, 2022
Moore v. Moore
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 291, 2022
Smith v. State
Date: December 6, 2022
Docket Number: 369, 2022
In the Matter of the Petition of Kenneth Deputy for a Writ of Mandamus
Date: December 6, 2022
Docket Number: 374, 2022
Painter v. Painter
Date: December 6, 2022
Docket Number: 51, 2022
In re Morrow Park Holding LLC
Date: December 5, 2022
Docket Number: 380, 2022
Houseman v. Whittington
Date: December 2, 2022
Docket Number: 153, 2022
Reed v. State
Date: December 2, 2022
Docket Number: 314, 2022
Cephas v. State
Date: December 2, 2022
Docket Number: 321, 2022
Stigile v. State
Date: December 2, 2022
Docket Number: 349, 2022
Agspring, LLC v. NGP X US Holdings, L.P.
Date: December 2, 2022
Docket Number: 75, 2022
Riley v. State
Date: December 1, 2022
Docket Number: 208, 2022
Whitehurst v. State
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 404, 2022
Fatir v. State
Date: November 29, 2022
Docket Number: 416, 2022
Bako Pathology LP v. Bakotic  
Date: November 28, 2022
Docket Number: 382, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: A Delaware superior court held that Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, two doctors who started a laboratory testing enterprise known as Bako Diagnostics (“Bako”), breached certain restrictive covenants when they left…

Donaldson v. Progressive Advanced Insurance Company
Date: November 21, 2022
Docket Number: 118, 2022
Hall v. State
Date: November 21, 2022
Docket Number: 396, 2022
Hall v. State
Date: November 21, 2022
Docket Number: 397, 2022
O'Rourke v. PNC Bank
Date: November 21, 2022
Docket Number: 91, 2022
In the Matter of the Estate of Thomas E. Archie, Deceased January 31, 2018
Date: November 18, 2022
Docket Number: 101, 2022
Smith v. State
Date: November 18, 2022
Docket Number: 306, 2022
Cannon v. Forrest
Date: November 18, 2022
Docket Number: 392, 2022
Martin v. Valentine
Date: November 18, 2022
Docket Number: 401, 2022
TransPerfect Global, Inc. v. Pincus
Date: November 17, 2022
Docket Number: 131, 2022
TransPerfect Global, Inc. v. Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP
Date: November 17, 2022
Docket Number: 132, 2022
Turner v. Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families
Date: November 17, 2022
Docket Number: 155, 2022
Garrison v. State
Date: November 15, 2022
Docket Number: 177, 2022
Kostyshyn v. The City of Wilmington
Date: November 15, 2022
Docket Number: 309, 2022
Campbell v. State
Date: November 15, 2022
Docket Number: 357, 2022
Henderson v. State
Date: November 15, 2022
Docket Number: 358, 2022
Hubbard v. State
Date: November 14, 2022
Docket Number: 240, 2022
Soto v. State
Date: November 14, 2022
Docket Number: 263, 2022
Tucker v. State
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Number: 139, 2022
Deng v. Zhou
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Number: 152, 2022
Chilaka v. Emory Hill & Co.
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Number: 344, 2022
Rodgers v. State
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 276, 2022
Thomas v. State
Date: November 3, 2022
Docket Number: 108, 2022
CorePower Yoga, LLC v. Level 4 Yoga, LLC
Date: November 2, 2022
Docket Number: 109, 2022
Houseman v. Whittington
Date: November 2, 2022
Docket Number: 153, 2022
Grayson v. State
Date: November 1, 2022
Docket Number: 202, 2022
Durham v. State
Date: November 1, 2022
Docket Number: 207, 2022
Rodriguez v. State
Date: November 1, 2022
Docket Number: 210, 2022
Desmond v. State
Date: October 31, 2022
Docket Number: 277, 2022
Chattin v. State
Date: October 28, 2022
Docket Number: 229, 2022
Hanover Insurance Company v. Commerce Associates, LP
Date: October 26, 2022
Docket Number: 100, 2022
Larson v. Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families
Date: October 25, 2022
Docket Number: 122, 2022
Capstack Nashville 3, LLC v. Cohen
Date: October 24, 2022
Docket Number: 50, 2022
GI Associates of Delaware, P.A. v. Anderson
Date: October 21, 2022
Docket Number: 355, 2022
Seeney v. State
Date: October 20, 2022
Docket Number: 323, 2021
Clanton v. State
Date: October 20, 2022
Docket Number: 39, 2022
Garcia v. Franchi
Date: October 19, 2022
Docket Number: 362, 2022
Anderson v. State
Date: October 18, 2022
Docket Number: 199, 2022
Henry v. State
Date: October 18, 2022
Docket Number: 293, 2022
IMO of the Petition of Thomas Miller for a Writ of Certiorari
Date: October 18, 2022
Docket Number: 317, 2022
Price v. Division of Family Services
Date: October 18, 2022
Docket Number: 378, 2021
Squier v. State
Date: October 14, 2022
Docket Number: 192, 2022
Yelardy v. State
Date: October 14, 2022
Docket Number: 48, 2022
Tilton v. Zohar III Limited, Inc.
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number: 242, 2022
Martin v. Valentine
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number: 352, 2022
In Re Camping World Holdings, Inc. Stockholder Derivative Litigation
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number: 52, 2022
Dixon v. State
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number: 214, 2022
This and That Services Co. Inc. v. Nieves
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number: 326, 2022
Moore v. State
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number: 73, 2022
Albence v. Higgin, et al.
Date: October 7, 2022
Docket Number: 342, 2022
GVP Global Corp. v. Balooshi
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number: 105, 2022
APX Operating Company, LLC v. HDI Global Insurance Company
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number: 393, 2021
Trainor v. Trainor
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: 136, 2022
Borrero v. State
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: 162, 2022
Salasky v. State
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: 298, 2022
Browne v. State Farm Inc.
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: 312, 2022
Simon v. State
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: 78, 2022
Clouser v. Marie
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: 89, 2022
Wilson v. Gingerich Concrete & Masonry  
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number: 114, 2022

Justia Opinion Summary: A Delaware superior court affirmed an Industrial Accident Board (the “IAB” or “Board”) decision denying Appellant Joseph Wilson’s (“Wilson”) petition seeking payment for a cervical spine surgery. The parties agreed the…

Brooks v. State
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number: 241, 2022
Hauppauge Digital Inc v. James Rivest
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number: 338, 2022
Rex Medical, L.P. v. Argon Medical Devices, Inc.
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number: 366, 2021
Ryan v. Buckeye Partners, L.P.
Date: October 3, 2022
Docket Number: 77, 2022
Ocean Bay Mart, Inc. v. The City of Rehoboth Beach Delaware  
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number: 28, 2022

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant, Ocean Bay Mart, Inc. (“Ocean Bay”), owned a 7.71- acre parcel of real property in the City of Rehoboth Beach (“the City”). In June 2015, Ocean Bay submitted a Site Plan to the City proposing to…

Thomas v. State
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number: 392, 2021
Crump v. State
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number: 167, 2022
In Re Dissolution of Jeffco Management, LLC
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number: 5, 2022
Anderson v. State
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number: 113, 2022
Hunt-Walker v. Murphy
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number: 88, 2022
Winters v. State
Date: September 26, 2022
Docket Number: 239, 2022
Biggins v. Igwe
Date: September 26, 2022
Docket Number: 320, 2022
Biggins v. State
Date: September 26, 2022
Docket Number: 324, 2022
King v. State
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number: 15, 2022
J.C. Opco, LLC v. Hudson Hospital Holdco LLC
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number: 308, 2022
Dr. Thomas Markusic v. Michael Blum
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number: 383, 2021
Lloyd v. State
Date: September 22, 2022
Docket Number: 260, 2021
Moen v. Jafar
Date: September 20, 2022
Docket Number: 176, 2022
Boyce v. State
Date: September 19, 2022
Docket Number: 121, 2022
Clay v. State
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number: 142, 2022
Dixon v. Fields
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number: 68, 2022
Washington v. State
Date: September 14, 2022
Docket Number: 196, 2022
Dubose v. State
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number: 190, 2022
The Samuel J. Heyman 1981 Continuing Trust for Lazarus S. Heyman v. Ashland LLC  
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number: 279, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this appeal was a breach-of-contract dispute involving a stock purchase agreement for the sale of all the shares of stock of International Specialty Products Inc. (“International Specialty”). The selling…

Domingo v. State
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number: 284, 2022
CCSB Financial Corp. v. Deann M. Totta
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number: 289, 2022
Schofield v. State
Date: September 12, 2022
Docket Number: 361, 2021
Prince v. State
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number: 35, 2022
Lacombe v. State
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 204, 2022
Durham v. State
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 283, 2022
Rockpoint Group, L.L.C. v. Paul
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number: 41, 2022
IMO a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Delaware
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number: 58, 2022
Allen v. State
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number: 173, 2022
Washington v. State
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number: 197, 2022
Williams v. James
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number: 400, 2021
Protech Minerals, Inc. v. Dugout Team, LLC  
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number: 288, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this case was whether distributions from a Delaware statutory trust to beneficial owners were subject to garnishment by a creditor. The beneficial owners argued Delaware law prohibited garnishment of the…

Griffin v. State
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 12, 2022
Wright v. State
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 175, 2022
Burke v. State
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 217, 2022
Smith v. Mears
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 232, 2022
Perryman v. Stimwave Technologies Incorporated
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number: 256, 2022
Fink v. State
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number: 166, 2022
Johnson v. State
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number: 125, 2022
Geronta Funding v. Brighthouse Life Insurance Company  
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number: 380, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue this appeal presented for the Delaware Supreme Court’s review asked for a determination of whether premiums paid on insurance policies declared void ab initio for lack of an insurable interest should be…

Pollard v. Delaware  
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number: 280, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2021, appellant Javon Pollard was convicted of numerous drug-related charges. Pollard appealed, arguing that the Superior Court committed plain error by not sua sponte suppressing evidence obtained during an allegedly…

Young v. State
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number: 112, 2022
Fray v. State
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number: 352, 2021
Broomer v. State
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number: 358, 2021
Abbott v. Vavala, et al.
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number: 60, 2022
Giles v. State
Date: August 22, 2022
Docket Number: 8, 2022
Samuel v. State
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 344, 2021
In Re Applicant 146 to the 2021 Delaware Bar Examination
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number: 384, 2021
In Re Petition of Marla Matrice Murphy
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number: 398, 2021
Jones v. State
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 151, 2022
Griffith v. Stein  
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 264, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: An objector appealed a Delaware Court of Chancery decision approving a litigation settlement for claims alleging excessive non-employee director compensation. Initially, the parties agreed to a preliminary settlement and…

Cousins v. Goodier  
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 272, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue this case presented for the Delaware Supreme Court's review centered on whether the First Amendment barred claims for defamation and tortious interference with contract against a defendant who, in an email to a…

Baldwin v. New Wood Resources LLC  
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 303, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal involved a breach of contract claim arising out of an indemnitee’s refusal to repay money advanced pursuant to an LLC Agreement. Under the Agreement, a Person was entitled to indemnification if the Person…

Cadiz v. State
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number: 67, 2022
Whittle v. State
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number: 141, 2022
Parker v. Cline
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number: 402, 2021
In the Matter of a Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Delaware
Date: August 10, 2022
Docket Number: 58, 2022
Price v. Boulos
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 390, 2021
Wannamaker v. State
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 104, 2022
Jones v. State
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 169, 2022
Cooper v. State
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 307, 2021
Witty v. State
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 56, 2022
Clark v. Division of Family Services
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 106, 2022
Ferguson v. Delaware  
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 223, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant DeJoynay Ferguson pled guilty to one count of Murder by Abuse or Neglect in the First Degree, six counts of Child Abuse in the First Degree, and two counts of Child Abuse in the Second Degree. The plea was made…

Cropper v. State
Date: August 3, 2022
Docket Number: 233, 2022
Carter v. State
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 183, 2022
Nixon v. State
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 96, 2022
In Re Kraft Heinz Company Derivative Litigation
Date: August 1, 2022
Docket Number: 16, 2022
IMO Liquidation of Indemnity Insurance Corporation, RRG
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 185, 2022
Gibson v. Gibson
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 388, 2021
Ravin v. Spears
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 134, 2022
Walker v. State
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 362, 2021
Matterport, Inc. v. Brown
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 43, 2022
Lennox Industries Inc. v. Alliance Compressors LLC
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 371, 2021
Bowers v. State
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 188, 2022
Scarborough v. State
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 195, 2022
Franklin v City of Dover Inspection Department
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 215, 2022
Jones v. State
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 227, 2022
Montgomery v. State
Date: July 25, 2022
Docket Number: 353, 2021
Hester v. State
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 182, 2022
CCUR Holdings, Inc. v. Samuels
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 216, 2022
Croda Inc. v. New Castle County  
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 349, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Under New Castle County, Delaware's Unified Development Code, heavy industrial uses were permitted as of right on land zoned for heavy industry or HI. On August 27, 2019, New Castle County Council adopted Ordinance…

Murray v. State
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 69, 2022
Wollner v. PearPop, Inc.
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 236, 2022
Lemon v. State
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 120, 2022
In Re GGP, Inc. Stockholder Litigation  
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 202, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: In negotiations leading up to a merger in which Brookfield Property Partners, L.P. and its affiliates acquired GGP, Inc., Brookfield became concerned over the number of GGP stockholders who might seek appraisal under 8…

NVIDIA Corporation v. City of Westland Police & Fire Retirement System  
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 259, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: In a final judgment, the Delaware Court of Chancery ordered NVIDIA Corporation (“NVIDIA” or the “Company”) to produce books and records to certain NVIDIA stockholders under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation…

Jack Lingo Asset Management, LLC v. Board of Adjustment of the City of Rehoboth Beach  
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: 292, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Jack Lingo Asset Management (“Lingo”) owned and occupied property at 240 Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The second story only covered a portion of the first, leaving a flat roof over the rest of the ground…

United Medical, LLC v. Garg
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 148, 2022
Fairley v. State
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 31, 2022
Wilkinson v. State
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 74, 2022
Deputy v. Deputy
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 82, 2021
Smith v. State
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 84, 2022
Getz v. State
Date: July 18, 2022
Docket Number: 95, 2022
Medley v. Delaware  
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 315, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Wilbur Medley, appealed a superior court's denial of his motion for sentence modification. Medley was convicted after pleading guilty to second degree burglary pursuant to an agreement. In challenging his…

Morton v. State
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 330, 2021
Smith v. State
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: 76, 2022
Wonnum v. State
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 164, 2022
Webb v. State
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 186, 2022
SDF Funding LLC v. Fry
Date: July 8, 2022
Docket Number: 205, 2022
Ray v. Delaware  
Date: July 1, 2022
Docket Number: 197, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012, Craig Melancon was shot three times: once from a .22 caliber firearm, and twice from what appeared to be a .38 revolver. A friend, Anthony Coursey, and another bystander, Marla Johnson, saw two hooded…

Laster v. State of Delaware
Date: June 30, 2022
Docket Number: 170, 2022
Diep v. Trimaran Pollo Partners, L.L.C.  
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: 313, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Kevin Diep, a stockholder of El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (“EPL”), filed derivative claims against some members of EPL’s board of directors and management, as well as a private investment firm. The suit focused on two…

Starkey v. State
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 23, 2022
Trotter v. State
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 53, 2022
Courtney v. Acosta
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 66, 2022
Dillard v. State
Date: June 27, 2022
Docket Number: 92, 2022
Sheppard v. Allen Family Foods  
Date: June 23, 2022
Docket Number: 346, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Zelda Sheppard appealed a superior court’s affirmance of an Industrial Accident Board (“IAB” or “Board”) decision granting Allen Family Foods’ (“Employer”) Petition for Review (“Petition”). The IAB determined that…

Forehand v. State
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 147, 2022
Geraci v. Uber Technologies
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 364, 2021
Richmond v. State
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 70, 2022
Jarvis v. State
Date: June 22, 2022
Docket Number: 98, 2022
In re Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Derivative Litigation
Date: June 16, 2022
Docket Number: 304, 2021
Wagner v. J & B Contractors, LLC
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 300, 2021
Evans v. State
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 341, 2021
Steam TV Networks, Inc. v. SeeCubic, Inc.  
Date: June 15, 2022
Docket Number: 360, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: The Delaware Supreme Court addressed whether approval of a corporation’s Class B stockholders was required to transfer pledged assets to secured creditors in connection with what was, in essence, a privately structured…

Jackson v. State
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: 171, 2022
Windell v. State
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 154, 2022
Page v. DSCYF
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 337, 2021
Sanders v. State
Date: June 13, 2022
Docket Number: 82, 2022
White v. State
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 328, 2021
Rochester v. State
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 37, 2022
Williams v. State
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 404, 2021
Riley v. State
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 64, 2022
Dixon v. Smith
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 316, 2021
Lewis v. State
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 373, 2021
Johnson v. State
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 399, 2021
Simpkins v. State
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: 42, 2022
Wayman v. State
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 115, 2022
Plaches v. Delaware  
Date: June 6, 2022
Docket Number: 126, 2020

Justia Opinion Summary: After a hearing, a superior court held James Plaches in violation of the terms of his probation after he admitted to police contact. The court sentenced Plaches to seven years of unsuspended prison time, followed by…

Whitehurst v. State
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 127, 2022
White v. State
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 306, 2021
Transperfect Global, Inc., et al. v. Pincus, et al.  
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 154 167 175, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2014, Elizabeth Elting, a co-founder of TransPerfect Global, Inc. (“TPG”), asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to appoint a custodian to sell the Company because of a hopeless deadlock between Elting and fellow…

Chertok v. Zillow, Inc.
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 363, 2021
Brown v. State
Date: June 1, 2022
Docket Number: 94, 2022
Dixon v. State
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 150, 2022
Campbell v. State
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: 165, 2022
Wells Fargo Bank v. Estate of Phyllis M. Malkin  
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 172, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Two questions of law were certified to the Delaware Supreme Court by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit: (1) when faced with an action brought by an estate under 18 Del. C. 2704(b), an innocent…

Patel v. Duncan
Date: May 25, 2022
Docket Number: 347, 2021
Bordley v. State
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: 149, 2022
Garnett v. State
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 27, 2022
Rowan v. State
Date: May 23, 2022
Docket Number: 65, 2022
Talley v. Horn
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 146, 2022
Brown v. Delaware Superior Court Kent County
Date: May 18, 2022
Docket Number: 386, 2021
In Re Delaware Public Schools Litigation
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 124, 2022
Facer v. Governor of Delaware, John Carney
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21, 2022
Cephas v. State
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: 305, 2021
Dixon v. State
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 129, 2022
Franklin v. Rice
Date: May 16, 2022
Docket Number: 46, 2022
Grant v. Kelly
Date: May 12, 2022
Docket Number: 245, 2021
Rumbo v. American Medical Systems, Inc.
Date: May 11, 2022
Docket Number: 155, 2021
Delmarsh, LLC v. Environmental Appeals Board of the State of Delaware  
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: 248, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Delmarsh, LLC, a real-estate company, owned six lots in Bowers, Delaware. The lots had long been designated as wetlands on the State Wetlands Map. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (“DNREC”)…

Gordon v. State
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: 409, 2021
Burrows v. State
Date: May 5, 2022
Docket Number: 99, 2022
O'Neil v. State
Date: May 4, 2022
Docket Number: 119, 2022
Horsey v. State
Date: May 4, 2022
Docket Number: 345, 2021
Patterson v. Delaware  
Date: May 3, 2022
Docket Number: 265, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: In a bench trial, a Delaware superior court found Appellant Tajiir Patterson guilty of invasion of privacy for filming a sexual encounter with D.L. and distributing the video over social media without her consent. The…

English v. English
Date: May 3, 2022
Docket Number: 86, 2022
Miller v. State
Date: May 2, 2022
Docket Number: 71, 2022
Campbell v. State
Date: April 28, 2022
Docket Number: 26, 2022
Adkins v. State
Date: April 28, 2022
Docket Number: 33, 2022
Fitzgerald v. State
Date: April 21, 2022
Docket Number: 117, 2022
Mujica v. State
Date: April 21, 2022
Docket Number: 338, 2021
Reilly v. Turko
Date: April 21, 2022
Docket Number: 63, 2022
Jones v. State
Date: April 18, 2022
Docket Number: 241, 2021
Ravin v. Underhill
Date: April 18, 2022
Docket Number: 274, 2021
Smith v. The Estate of James Godwin
Date: April 14, 2022
Docket Number: 201, 2021
Anderson v. State
Date: April 13, 2022
Docket Number: 64, 2021
Harris v. State
Date: April 12, 2022
Docket Number: 324, 2021
North American Leasing, Inc. v. NASDI Holdings, LLC  
Date: April 11, 2022
Docket Number: 192, 2020

Justia Opinion Summary: Pursuant to the Ownership Interest Purchase Agreement dated April 23, 2014 (the “Agreement”), Appellant North American Leasing, Inc. purchased Appellant NASDI, LLC, and Appellant Yankee Environmental Services, LLC. NASDI…

Kroll v. City of Wilmington  
Date: April 11, 2022
Docket Number: 266, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Nicholas Kroll appealed the Court of Chancery’s dismissal of his complaint. Kroll was terminated from his position as a police officer for the City of Wilmington (the “City”) on the ground that he failed to…

Yatra Online, Inc. v. Ebix, Inc.
Date: April 11, 2022
Docket Number: 294, 2021
GEICO General Insurance Company v. Green  
Date: April 8, 2022
Docket Number: 107, 166, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal involved a challenge to how Geico General Insurance Company (“GEICO”) processed insurance claims under 21 Del. C. 2118. Section 2118 provided that certain motor vehicle owners had to obtain personal injury…

Rowe v. DFS
Date: April 8, 2022
Docket Number: 123, 2021
Kihm v. Mott
Date: April 8, 2022
Docket Number: 309, 2021
Williams v. State
Date: April 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20, 2022
Powell v. Powell
Date: April 7, 2022
Docket Number: 34, 2022
Washington v. State
Date: April 7, 2022
Docket Number: 367, 2021
Price v. Brooks
Date: April 6, 2022
Docket Number: 282, 2021
Johnson v. State
Date: April 6, 2022
Docket Number: 336, 2021
Desousa v. State
Date: April 5, 2022
Docket Number: 97, 2022
Shipmon v. State
Date: April 1, 2022
Docket Number: 261, 2021
Stewart v. Stewart
Date: April 1, 2022
Docket Number: 55, 2022
Avila v. State
Date: March 31, 2022
Docket Number: 289, 2021
Continental Investors Fund LLC v. Tradinscreen Inc.
Date: March 30, 2022
Docket Number: 290, 2021
Martin v. Nixon
Date: March 29, 2022
Docket Number: 72, 2022
Hartman v. State
Date: March 28, 2022
Docket Number: 203, 2021
Droz v. Hennessy Industries, LLC  
Date: March 28, 2022
Docket Number: 211, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Shelley Droz alleged that her husband, Eric Droz, used an arc grinding machine to resurface brake drum shoes that contained asbestos. She claimed the arc grinder manufacturer, Hennessy, knew that the grinding process…

Powell v. State
Date: March 28, 2022
Docket Number: 325, 2021
Morton v. State
Date: March 28, 2022
Docket Number: 38, 2022
Porter v. Townsend
Date: March 28, 2022
Docket Number: 61, 2022
Gregg v. State
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number: 222, 2021
Pierce v. State
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number: 242, 2021
Palmer v. State
Date: March 23, 2022
Docket Number: 351, 2021
Jackson v. Delaware Office of Animal Welfare
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number: 219, 2021
Ravin v. Spears
Date: March 21, 2022
Docket Number: 254, 2021
Freeman v. Campbell
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number: 57, 2022
First Solar, Inc. v. National Union First Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA  
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number: 217, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: In March 2012, First Solar, Inc. stockholders filed a class action lawsuit against the company alleging that it violated federal securities laws by making false or misleading public disclosures ("Smilovits Action").…

Morrison v. State
Date: March 16, 2022
Docket Number: 236, 2020
Pierre v. Perdue Farms
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 270, 2021
Wayman v. State
Date: March 9, 2022
Docket Number: 403, 2021
Campbell v. State
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: 247, 2021
Poore v. State
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: 263, 2021
Wisher v. State
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: 343, 2021
Saadia Square LLC v. SM Logistcis Member LLC
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: 396, 2021
Wyatt v. Spence
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 177, 2021
Zayas v. Delaware  
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 232, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Claimant Christina Zayas, a paratransit bus driver, sued her employer, DART/State of Delaware (“Employer”), for injuries she sustained in a 2016 work incident where a passenger physically assaulted her (the “Incident”).…

Cole v. Murphy
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 250, 2021
Wyeth v. Mills
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 293, 2021
Saunders v. State
Date: March 7, 2022
Docket Number: 47, 2022
Cannon v. State
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number: 169, 2021
Whiteman v. State
Date: March 4, 2022
Docket Number: 395, 2021
Jarden LLC v. ACE American Insurance Company
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number: 273, 2021
Cox Communications, Inc. v. T-Mobile US, Inc.  
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number: 340, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: In Section 9(e) of a settlement agreement between Cox Communications and Sprint Corporation (T-Mobile U.S., Inc.'s predecessor-in-interest, Cox agreed that, before it offered wireless mobile services to its customers, it…

Request for an Opinion of the Justices
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 19, 2022
McLaughlin v. State
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: 3, 2022
Freeman v. Campbell
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 122, 2021
Gray v. Division of Child Support Services
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 29, 2022
Grant v. Dailey
Date: February 28, 2022
Docket Number: 38, 2021
Pettry v. Smith
Date: February 25, 2022
Docket Number: 239, 2021
Stuart v. Stuart
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 40, 2022
Clark v. State
Date: February 24, 2022
Docket Number: 93, 2021
Cook v. Cook
Date: February 23, 2022
Docket Number: 187, 2021
Owens v. Lead Stories, LLC
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 253, 2021
Martin v. Valentine
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: 7, 2022
Lucas v. Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families
Date: February 21, 2022
Docket Number: 148, 2021
DSG Entertainment Services Inc. v. DLX Acquisition Corporation
Date: February 21, 2022
Docket Number: 185, 2021
Stanley v. State
Date: February 21, 2022
Docket Number: 355, 2021
Herring v. Jennings
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number: 22, 2022
Wright v. State
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number: 268, 2021
Pickle v. State
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number: 381, 2021
Mills v. Sanchez
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number: 387, 2021
Bailey v. Delaware  
Date: February 16, 2022
Docket Number: 46, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from the murder of Jamier Vann-Robinson at an after-prom house party in Dover, Delaware on May 12, 2018. On May 14, 2018, Appellant Ahmir Bailey and codefendant Eugene Riley were arrested in connection…

Feger v. State
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 13, 2022
Ravin v. Spears
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 243, 2021
Belfield v. State
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 255, 2021
Henderson v. State
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 335, 2021
Smith v. Henderson
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: 356, 2021
Ramos v. State
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number: 379, 2021
Brock v. Department of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families  
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number: 125, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Adria Brock (“Mother”) appealed a Family Court decision terminating her parental rights over her daughter (“K.C.” or “child”). In its decision, the Family Court found that the Department of Services for Children, Youth,…

Melpar, LLC v. State
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number: 44, 2022
Havens v. Leong
Date: February 7, 2022
Docket Number: 25, 2022
Williams v. State
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 326, 2021
Dickinson v. State
Date: February 4, 2022
Docket Number: 331, 2021
Ward v. Delaware State Police
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 2, 2022
Continental Motors, Inc. v. Soares
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number: 17, 2022
Caulk v. State
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number: 233, 2021
Dorman v. State
Date: February 2, 2022
Docket Number: 391, 2021
Galera v. Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 147, 150, 2021
Painter v. Painter
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: 198, 2021
Ryle v. State
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number: 194, 2021
Binkley v. State
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number: 322, 2021
Fox News Network, LLC v. US Dominion, Inc.
Date: January 31, 2022
Docket Number: 412, 2021
Melpar, LLC v. State
Date: January 27, 2022
Docket Number: 9, 2022
Walker v. State
Date: January 26, 2022
Docket Number: 295, 2021
Tigani v. Tigani
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 190, 2021
Wilson v. Delaware  
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 201, 2020

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Brian Wilson was convicted by jury of first-degree murder for hiring someone to kill Allen Cannon. On appeal, Wilson argued: (1) the trial court abused its discretion when it refused to allow testimony about a…

Slaughter v. State
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: 87, 2021
Taylor v. State
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 231, 2021
Kelly v. State
Date: January 24, 2022
Docket Number: 297, 2021
Sahin v. State
Date: January 21, 2022
Docket Number: 257, 2021
Lewis v. State
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 117, 2021
Altenbaugh v. Benchmark Builders Inc.
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 120, 2021
Dunnell v. State
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 159, 2021
Rochester v. State
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 407, 2021
Muhammad v. State
Date: January 20, 2022
Docket Number: 7, 2020
Page v. Oath Inc.
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 69, 2021
Page v. Oath Inc.  
Date: January 19, 2022
Docket Number: 79, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-appellant Dr. Carter Page, a public figure with ties to President Trump’s 2016 campaign, claimed that defendant-appellee Oath Inc.’s online news organizations published eleven defamatory articles about him in…

Harold v. Harold
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 193, 2021
Dorsey-Wilt v. Falcone
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: 376, 2021
Harold v. Harold
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 193, 2021
Rollins v. State
Date: January 14, 2022
Docket Number: 401, 2021
Rice v. Division of Family Services
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 206, 2021
Adam McMillan Constructions, LLC v. Desousa, et al.
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 411, 2021
Parker v. Barns
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 161, 2021
Dickinson v. State
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 271, 2021
Johnson v. State
Date: January 12, 2022
Docket Number: 314, 2021
Miller v. Delaware  
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: 37, 2021

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2019, defendant Kevin Miller was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Jeremiah McDonald. Miller appealed, arguing that the State committed prosecutorial misconduct by: (1) misrepresenting to the jury that…

Browning v. State
Date: January 10, 2022
Docket Number: 173, 2021
ACE American Insurance Company v. Rite Aid Corporation  
Date: January 10, 2022
Docket Number: 339, 2020

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellees, Rite Aid Corporation, Rite Aid Hdqtrs. Corp., and Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc. (collectively, “Rite Aid”), held a general liability insurance policy underwritten by defendany Chubb, Limited ("Chubb"). Rite Aid…

In Re SmileDirectClub, Inc. Derivative Litigation
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 205, 2021
ICATECH Corporation v. Facchina
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 121, 2021
Yelardy v. State
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 365, 2021
Floyd v. State
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 389, 2021
Pierce v. Delaware  
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 417, 2020

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-appellant Cameron Pierce was convicted after a bench trial on two counts of Robbery First Degree, two counts of Wearing a Disguise During the Commission of a Felony, and two counts of Felony Theft. The Superior…

West v. Clarke
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: 76, 2021
Pack v. McBride
Date: January 3, 2022
Docket Number: 100, 2021
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