• Light v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Burke
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James G. McMillan, III, William E. Green, Jr., Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark C. Rifkin, Benjamin Y. Kaufman, Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY; Arthur Susman, Law Office of Arthur Susman, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Arthur G. Connolly, Max B. Walton, Christina M. Thompson, Lisa R. Hatfield, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-611-CJB

    Concluding that a litigant does not have a cognizable property interest in abandoned property, the court dismissed plaintiff's complaint challenging the constitutionality of Delaware's Abandoned and Unclaimed Property Law. In addition, the court dismissed the complaint on ripeness grounds concluding that because the questions of whether plaintiff would actually make a claim on the property and be able to sufficiently demonstrate his ownership rights were unanswered, the parties' interests were not sufficiently adverse to give rise to

  • In re COVID-Related Restrictions on Religious Servs.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-06
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen J. Neuberger, Thomas S. Neuberger, The Neuberger Firm, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott D. Cousins, Scott D. Jones, Cousins Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Thomas C. Crumplar, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Martin D. Haverly, Martin D. Haverly, Attorney At Law, Wilmington, DE, for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Zi-Xiang Shen, State of Delaware Department Of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Brad D. Sorrels, Andrew D. Cordo, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Nora M. Crawford, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2021-1036-JTL

    Chancery court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over challenge filed by religious leaders to COVID-19 in-person gathering restrictions where plaintiffs had failed to demonstrate reasonable apprehension that state would reimpose such restrictions after it entered a settlement agreeing not to impose similar restrictions in the future.

  • In Re Subpoena Request of McGuiness

    Publication Date: 2022-08-23
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luke W. Mette, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher P. Lynett, Bianca A. Valcare, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joana S. Suder, Deputy Attorney General, Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: D69928

    Government agency sought motion to quash subpoena served by the Delaware Office of Auditor Accounts where the information sought included information relevant to the transaction of Medicaid payments rather than just finalized transactions themselves.

  • Siemens USA Holdings Inc. v. Geisenberger

    Publication Date: 2021-11-30
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Jordan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69629

    Plaintiff appealed district court's dismissal of its preemption and procedural due process claims and denial of a preliminary injunction in action involving Delaware's unclaimed property law and court affirmed the dismissal of the expedited-audit procedural due process claim and vacated the dismissal of the preemption claim and denial of the preliminary injunction.

  • Capriglione v. State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephani J. Ballard, Law Offices of Stephani J. Ballard, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: David C. Skoranski, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69579

    Legislative history and historical jurisprudence clearly indicated that "infamous crimes" that would render a person ineligible to hold public office only included felonies and not misdemeanors.

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  • State of Delaware v. Univar, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-11
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melanie K. Sharp, Martin S. Lessner, Mary F. Dugan, Michael A. Laukaitis, II, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven S. Rosenthal, Tiffany R. Moseley, John David Taliaferro, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael P. Kelly, David A. White, Matthew J. Rifino, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jameel S. Turner, James G. Ryan, Bailey Cavalieri LLC, Columbus, OH for defendant.

    Case Number: D69188

    An administrative subpoena was not overly broad and was allowed under the state's revised escheat law.

  • Toner v. Meyer

    Publication Date: 2020-10-14
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: Brokerage | E-Commerce | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bartholomew J. Dalton, Ipek Kurul, Dalton & Assoc., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Nicholas J. Brannick, Mary Jameson, New Castle County Office of Law, New Castle, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69157

    The court dismissed this defamation action against the county and a county official because defendants were entitled to immunity under the Tort Claims Act.

  • Downey v. United States

    Publication Date: 2020-07-01
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69031

    Pro se relator could not pursue False Claims Act claim as the claim belonged to the United States and pro se litigants could not represent thirdparties.

  • Guy v. City of Wilmington

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Guy, The Law Office of Samuel L. Guy, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Daniel A. Griffith and Kaan Ekiner, Whiteford Taylor Preston LLC , Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: D69003

    Although a dispute about the validity of city council votes constituted a justiciable controversy, a rule re-quiring a supermajority vote for certain amendments did not violate the city charter.

  • Gonzalez v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2019-03-27
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Strine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Oliver J. Cleary, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: John S. Whitelaw and Katherine E. Sell, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington and Dover, DE; Travis W. England, Nationall Center for Law and Economic Justice, New York, NY for defendant. Joan-na J. Cline, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE for amicus curiae David A. Super of Georgetown Univ. Law Center in support of defendant.

    Case Number: D68505

    The state was preempted by federal law from bringing a state court action against a recipient of public benefits for fraud where a state agency had already pursued an administrative action based on the identical facts.