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AMERICAN APPLIANCE v. STATE EX REL. BRADY

No. 503, 1997.

712 A.2d 1001 (1998)

AMERICAN APPLIANCE, INC., a Corporation Existing and Operating Under the Laws of New Jersey, and William C. Rowland, Defendants Below, Appellants, v. STATE of Delaware, ex. rel. M. Jane BRADY, Attorney General of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 7, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund Daniel Lyons, Wilmington, for appellants.

Thomas A. Stevens, and Patricia A. Dailey, Deputy Attorneys General, for appellee.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH and BERGER, JJ.

BERGER, Justice:

We accepted this interlocutory appeal to resolve a challenge to the Superior Court's subject matter jurisdiction. The Superior Court determined that it is a "state court of competent jurisdiction" within the meaning of a statute authorizing the Attorney General to bring actions to enforce various consumer fraud and deceptive trade practice statutes. We agree that this action for civil penalties may be brought...

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