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  • 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.

  • 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.

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  • 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.

  • Croda Inc. v. New Castle County

    Publication Date: 2022-08-09
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Forsten, Pamela J. Scott, Elizabeth S. Fenton, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen A. Swedlow, Athena D. Dalton, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Chicago, IL for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary A. Jacobson, Nicholas J. Brannick, New Castle County Office of Law, New Castle, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69910

    Lack of proper notice of zoning amendment could not render challenge to county ordinance timely under statute of repose where tolling was not applicable to statutes of repose.

  • Jack Lingo Asset Mgmt., LLC v. The Bd. of Adjustment of the City of Rehoboth Beach

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Hutt, R. Eric Hacker, Michelle G. Bounds, Morris James LLP, Georgetown, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Frederick A. Townsend, III, D. Barrett Edwards, IV, Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher LLC for appellee.
    Case Number: D69907

    City erred in denying application to install unroofed exit walkway on property due to exceeding floor area/parking requirements, where local zoning code did not unambiguously include such walkways within the definition of space counting towards gross floor area

  • State ex rel. Jennings v. Monsanto Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Ralph K. Durstein, III, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Amy Williams-Derry, Daniel Mensher, Alison S. Gaffney, Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Seattle, WA; Keil Mueller, Steve Larson, Emily Johnson, Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter P.C., Portland, OR for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Christian J. Singewald, Timothy S. Martin, Daryll Hawthorne-Searight, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas M. Goutman, David S. Haase, Kim Kocher, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA; Adam E. Miller, Susan L. Werstak, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., St. Louis, MO; Richard L. Campbell, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Boston, MA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69901

    State's regulatory control over public lands and waters was insufficient to confer standing to assert a trespass claim arising from alleged environmental contamination where trespass required exclusive possession.

  • In re Seroquel XR Antitrust Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals | Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bruce E. Gerstein, Joseph Opper, Kimberly M. Hennings, Daniel Litvin, Garwin Gerstein & Fisher LLP, New York, NY; Peter R. Kohn, Joseph T. Lukens, Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, Philadelphia, PA; David F. Sorensen, Caitlin G. Coslett, Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA; Stuart E. Des Roches, Amanda Hass, Chris Letter, Dan Chiorean, Thomas J. Maas, Odom & Des Roches, LLC, New Orleans, LA; Susan C. Segura, Erin R. Leger, David C. Raphael, Jr., Smith Segura Raphael & Leger, LLP, Alexandria, LA; Russell A. Chorush, Heim Payne & Cho Rush, LLP, Houston, TX; Michael J. Barry, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert G. Eisler, Deborah A. Elman, Chad B. Holtzman, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., New York, NY; Sharon K. Robertson, Donna M. Evans, Matthew W. Ruan, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, New York, NY; Michael J. Barry, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jayne A. Goldstein, Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLP, Media, PA; J. Clayton Athey, Jason Wayne Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Barry L. Refsin, Alexander J. Egervary, Caitlin V. McHugh, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Monica L. Kiley, Eric L. Bloom, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Harrisburg, PA; J. Clayton Athey, Jason Wayne Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott E. Perwin, Lauren C. Ravkind, Anna T. Neil, Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., Miami, FL; Heidi M. Silton, Jessica N. Servais, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; Peter Safirstein, Safirstein Metcalf LLP, New York, NY; Archana Tamoshunas, Taus, Cebulash & Landau, LLP, New York, NY; Lee Albert, Brian D. Brooks, Glancy, Prongay, & Myrray, New York, NY; Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Tiffany Joanne Cramer, Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dianne M. Nast, Joseph N. Roda, Michael D. Ford, NastLaw, Philadelphia, PA; Michael L. Roberts, Stephanie E. Smith, Roberts Law Firm US, PC, Little Rock, AR for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Daniel M. Silver, Alexandrea M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John E. Schmidtlein, Benjamin M. Greenblum, Colette T. Connor, Thomas S. Fletcher, Akhil K. Gola, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC; Arthur G. Connolly, III, Alan Richard Silverstein, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. Marino, James E. Gallagher, Davis Malm & D'Agostine, P.C., Boston, MA; Jack B. Blumenfeld, Michael J. Flynn, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen J. McIntyre, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Brett J. Williamson, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Newport Beach, CA; Ben Bradshaw, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC; John W. Shaw, Karen E. Keller, Nathan Roger Hoeschen, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas J. Lang, Christina E. Fahmy, Peter M. Boyle, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: D69888

    Antitrust claims arising from alleged reverse payment agreements were timely under the statute of limitations where each alleged supracompetitive sale constituted a discrete act that started the limitations period for that sale.