• Everett v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2018-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin B. O'Connor for the state.
    for defendant: Nicole M. Walker for defendant

    Case Number: D68177

    A criminal defendant did not have a legitimate expectation of privacy with regard to his social media account where he permitted others to have access to material he posted on that account, so the search warrant based on such information did not violate defendant's constitutional rights.

  • California State Teachers Ret. Sys. v. Alvarez

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Michael J. Barry, and Nathan A. Cook; Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christine S. Azar, Ryan T. Keating, and Ned Weinberger, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel Girard, Amanda Steiner, Dena Sharp, Adam Polk, and Jordan Elias, Girard Gibbs LLP, San Francisco, CA; Thomas A. Dubbs, Louis Gottlieb, and Jeffrey A. Dubbin, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; Frederic S. Fox, Hae Sung Nam, Donald R. Hall, and Jeffrey P. Campisi, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Donald. J. Wolfe, Steven C. Norman, and Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous and Alexander K. Mircheff, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Mark A. Perry, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for appellees.

    Case Number: D68031

    Another jurisdiction's dismissal of derivative action for lack of demand futility had preclusive effect under federal law upon competing group of stockholders derivative litigation.

  • Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, Ltd. v. Small

    Publication Date: 2017-12-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Regulation
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis G.X. Pileggi and Alexandra D. Rogin, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Ralph K. Durstein and Devera B. Scott, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, DE, attorneys for appellees.

    Case Number: D67983

    State agencies lacked authority to impose regulations amount to near-total ban on lawful firearms in state parks and forests, where Delaware Constitution protected citizens rights to bear lawful arms both inside and outside the home for the defense of self and family.