HICKMAN v. WORKMAN


450 A.2d 388 (1982)

Thomas E. HICKMAN, Jr., Mildred E. Banks, and V. Edward Banks, Plaintiffs, v. W. Howard WORKMAN, Oliver E. Hill, Charles W. Cole, Ralph E. Benson, and William D. Stevenson, constituting the Government of Sussex County, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: August 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Thomas Sandbach (Argued), Wilmington, and Kenneth Millman, Georgetown, for plaintiffs.

David A. Drexler (Argued), Donald E. Reid, Wilmington, and Arthur Dean Betts, Georgetown, for defendants.

Before McNEILLY, QUILLEN and HORSEY, JJ.


PER CURIAM:

Following a ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Delaware on July 29, 1982 that the existing councilmanic districts in Sussex County are malapportioned in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution of the United States, plaintiffs instituted this lawsuit for a declaratory judgment in the Court of Chancery. Plaintiffs, three citizens of Sussex County, contend the Government...

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