• Markert v. Bd. of Adjustment of the City of Rehoboth Beach

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William B. Larson, Tye C. Bell, Manning Gross + Massenberg LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Forsten, Pamela J. Scott, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Frederick A. Townsend, III, Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: S22A-02-003 CAK

    Upward variance from floor area ratio affirmed where variance was needed for hotel developer's aesthetic vision for project, which sought not to increase density but rather to provide additional amenities and retail space.

  • Tesla, Inc. v. Delaware Div. of Motor Vehicles

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Automotive | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly Farnan, Tyler Cragg, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: George T. Lees III, Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: N21A-09-001 CLS

    Court affirmed DMV's director's denial of a manufacturer's license for a dealership license on the basis that the Delaware Motor Vehicle Franchising Practices Act prohibits vehicle manufacturers from serving as dealers to consumers.

  • Rigby v. Jennings

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Consumer Products | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley P. Lehman, Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown LLC, Wilmington, DE; Edward Paltzik, Joshpe Mooney Paltzik LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Patricia A. Davis, Kenneth L. Wan, Andrew R. Fletcher, Deputy Attorneys General, State of Delaware, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 21-1523 (MN)

    Plaintiffs were granted preliminary injunctive relief on state criminal laws that prohibited the manufacture and possession of unserialized firearms and firearm components when such firearms and components were lawfully acquired and manufactured by individuals, as such restrictions violated Second Amendment rights.

  • Higgin v. Albence

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Jane Brady, Brady Legal Group LLC, Lewes, DE; Charlotte Davis, Noel H. Johnson, Public Interest Legal Foundation, Indianapolis, IN; Julianne E. Murray, Law Offices of Murray, Phillips & Gay, Georgetown, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Allison J. McCowan, Zi-Xiang Shen, Victoria R. Sweeney, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-0641-NAC

    Court granted in part and denied in part a request for a permanent injunction seeking to enjoin the enactment of two recently passed electoral laws which were to take effect prior to the general election on November 8, 2022.

  • State v. McGuiness

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Denney, Jr., Maria Knoll, Nicole Mozee, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven P. Wood, Chelsea A. Botsch, Dean A. Elwell, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2206000799

    Defendant was granted judgment of acquittal on violation of state procurement law where legislature and state officials had only criminalized the splitting of public contracts to avoid accounting oversight, but defendant had merely split invoices and did so at the vendor's request for fewer hours at the beginning of the contract.

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  • Davis v. State of California

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Energy | Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Dorsey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69947

    Court found that a commission's actions by and through the state of California to take over the operation of an oil facility that plaintiff intended to abandon was a reasonable exercise of its police power and did not constitute a taking violation of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or the Constitution of California because without such intervention, the threat posed to the public's safety was great.

  • Nieves v. This & That Serv., Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walt F. Schmittinger, Schmittinger and Rodriguez, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John J. Ellis, Heckler and Frabizzio, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69927

    Court reversed Industrial Accident Board's decision and remanded the case to be dismissed due to the fact that the appeal was not justiciable and claimant did not seek further relief.

  • 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.

  • Overington v. Fisher

    Publication Date: 2022-08-23
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kari Lynn Overington, Milton, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: George Thomas Lees III, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69933

    First Amendment claim could be levied against government officials where the claim alleged that regulations on the content of vehicle plate licensing were placed in the unfettered discretion of government officials.

  • Lewis v. Delaware Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-16
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony N. Delcollo, Christopher J. Isaac, Offit Kurman, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Allison J. McCowan, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69924

    Terminated employee was not denied opportunity to contest prior disciplinary infractions, where those infractions were resolved by memoranda of understanding in which employee agreed not to contest those infractions or his discipline.