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NEW CASTLE COUNTY COUNCIL v. STATE

Civ. A. No. 96C-10-045-WTQ.

698 A.2d 401 (1996)

NEW CASTLE COUNTY COUNCIL, the elected governing body for New Castle County, Theodore W. Ryan, President of County Council, Richard P. Cecil, a member of County Council, J. Robert Woods, a member of County Council, Penrose Hollins, a member of County Council, Plaintiffs, v. STATE of Delaware, Robert S. Weiner, defendant as interested party, Stephanie L. Hansen, defendant as interested party, Richard L. Abbott, defendant as interested party, Brian J. Lintz, defendant as interested party, Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: November 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collins J. Seitz and Charles J. Durante, Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, for Plaintiffs.

Malcolm S. Cobin and C. Drue Chichi, Wilmington, Department of Justice, State of Delaware, for Defendant.

QUILLEN, Judge.

This is the Court's decision on plaintiffs' and defendant State of Delaware's Motions for Summary Judgment.1 Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment from the Court that 70 Del. Laws chapters 568 and 569 unconstitutionally shorten the terms of office of members of the New Castle County Council. For the reasons herein stated, plaintiffs' Motion is DENIED and defendant State...

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