SLAWIK v. FOLSOM


410 A.2d 512 (1979)

Melvin A. SLAWIK, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Henry R. FOLSOM, Jr., Mary D. Jornlin, Sherman W. Tribbitt, New Castle County and the State of Delaware, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided December 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon N. Sandler and William J. Wier, Jr., of Bader, Dorsey & Kreshtool, Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellant.

Carolyn Berger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wilmington, for defendants below, appellees.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., DUFFY and McNEILLY, JJ.


HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

The question before the Court is whether the plaintiff Melvin A. Slawik, former New Castle County Executive, was lawfully removed from office by former Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt, a defendant herein, under the provisions of Del.Const. Art. XV, § 6,1 on the ground that Slawik had been "convicted," within the meaning of that word as used in Art. XV, §...

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