Supreme Court of Delaware

The Court affirmed dismissal of Cornice’s claims as barred by Delaware’s three-year statute of limitations. Even assuming a tolling doctrine applied, Thrasio’s failure to provide promised audited financial statements by the contractual deadline in April 2021 was a clear red flag that put Cornice on inquiry notice more…

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s judgment on the reasons stated in its amended order. It clarified that presumed prejudice under Cronic applies only when counsel’s conduct causes an actual breakdown of the adversarial process, and that a defendant need not show counsel opposed his wishes on…

The Court held that the endorsement unambiguously excludes UIM coverage when a scheduled individual occupies a vehicle owned by that individual or a family member, but that the vehicle-based exclusion is unenforceable under Delaware law.

The Court held that the MIPA broadly required the former owners to indemnify the buyers for patent-litigation damages arising from post-transaction product sales, including the settlement license payment and the full recoverable patent-litigation fees.

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed Carter’s conviction for several driving offenses, holding that the circumstantial and DNA evidence was sufficient to prove he was the driver. The Court also reiterated that a trial judge’s denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal is reviewed de novo.

The Supreme Court of Delaware refused to accept an interlocutory appeal from the Court of Chancery's summary-judgment decision concerning cancellation of Blodgett's membership interests.

The Supreme Court of Delaware denied Trellis’s application for interlocutory review of the Court of Chancery’s decision staying the litigation, holding that the application did not satisfy the strict certification standards of Supreme Court Rule 42(b). The Court affirmed the lower court’s denial of the appeal.

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Superior Court’s denial of Beebe Hospital’s application for interlocutory appeal, holding that the Bench Ruling did not satisfy the strict certification standards of Supreme Court Rule 42(b).

The Court refused Great American's interlocutory appeal because its application for certification was filed after the applicable ten-day deadline. Great American neither sought an extension nor established good cause for the delay.

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court's denial of Jeffrey Smith's motion for sentence modification, granting the State's motion to affirm because it is manifest on the face of the opening brief that the appeal is without merit.

The Court dismissed Bacon’s mandamus petition because the Superior Court had already provided the docket sheet, making that request moot, and Bacon failed to establish a clear right to a transcript at state expense or an arbitrary refusal to provide one.

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Court of Chancery's dismissal of Sheadrick Richards' breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment claims as time-barred. Relying on its June 15, 2026 order in Reilly v. Horn, the court held that both claims accrued on March 11, 2021, when Collective Growth Corp.

The Court held that the Delaware State Police failed to justify withholding records concerning troopers’ employment histories, résumés, former officers, and anonymized demographic information.

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Court of Chancery’s decision declining to consider Ban’s supplemental valuation because the court acted within its discretion in finding that the report introduced a new valuation model based on new inputs.

The Court dismissed Project Labrador’s appeal because the Superior Court’s judgment was not final while the appellee’s motion for attorney fees and costs remained pending. Because Project Labrador did not comply with the procedure for seeking interlocutory review, the Court lacked appellate jurisdiction over the…

The Court affirmed Penn’s convictions, holding that the officer had reasonable and articulable suspicion to conduct an investigative stop based on the totality of the circumstances, including Penn’s apparently weighted jacket pocket, nervous surveillance of a police stop, and efforts to conceal himself.

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Sample’s timely postconviction motion. It held that his independent challenge to use of the New York conviction was procedurally defaulted and that his ineffective-assistance claim failed because he admitted having six prior DUI convictions, making him subject to…

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Mikkilineni’s motion for relief under Rule 60(b)(6), concluding that this appeal could not be used to challenge underlying judgments he could have appealed directly and that the record did not warrant Rule 60(b)(6) relief.

The Court affirmed Scott’s CCDW conviction, holding that the trial evidence permitted a rational jury to infer that he had concealed the firearm on his person before firing it. Because Scott did not move for a judgment of acquittal, the Court reviewed the sufficiency claim for plain error and found none.

The Court independently reviewed the record and counsel's Rule 26(c) submission and concluded that Ennis's direct appeal was wholly frivolous and presented no arguably appealable issue. It therefore affirmed the Superior Court's judgment and deemed counsel's motion to withdraw moot.

The Court approved the Board’s report accepting the respondent’s conditional admissions and imposing a six-month-and-one-day suspension for violations arising from his handling of client trust-account funds, books and records, supervision of nonlawyer assistants, and compliance certificates.

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the denial of Robinson’s second motion for postconviction relief. It held that neither the alleged alibi affidavit nor the police interview evidence satisfied the actual-innocence exception to the procedural bars because the evidence was not sufficiently persuasive to probably…

The Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court's VOP sentence after Taylor admitted violating multiple probation conditions, including committing additional criminal offenses, leaving the county, and violating curfew.

The Court reversed Porter’s convictions because the trial record established that his counsel concurrently represented a jailhouse informant whose interests became adverse to Porter, creating an actual and imputed conflict that denied Porter a fair trial.

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed Jean-Baptiste's first-degree murder conviction and statutorily mandated life sentence. Reviewing the denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal de novo, it held that the jailhouse-informant testimony about his admission that he drove the shooter's rental car, if credited and…

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court's judgment affirming the Industrial Accident Board's denial of Prince Parker's petition to determine compensation due for an alleged February 19, 2024 lumbar spine injury.

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court's March 19, 2026 finding that Darrell Banks violated probation and the resulting sentence, granting the State's motion to affirm on the opening brief and the record.

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Williams's second motion for correction of an illegal sentence. The court held that his Fifth Amendment challenge to the VOP adjudication was a challenge to his conviction, not the sentence, that the sentence was not ambiguous, and that successive probation violations…

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part a Superior Court certiorari judgment striking two of 19 conditions the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission attached to its approval of Smokey Hollow, LLC's 82-lot subdivision.

The Supreme Court of Delaware refused Fox News Network's interlocutory appeal from a Superior Court order denying its motion to dismiss Governor Newsom's defamation per se action.

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Family Court's order terminating Cedasha Walker's parental rights to her three children. After Mother revoked her written consent to termination within the statutory revocation window, the Family Court proceeded on the failure-to-plan ground and found by clear and convincing…

The Delaware Supreme Court dismissed Tyrone Norwood's appeal from a Superior Court order denying his motion for correction of an illegal sentence because the notice of appeal was not timely received.

The Supreme Court of Delaware reversed the Court of Chancery’s denial of a motion to dismiss, holding that the manufacturers’ complaint failed to state a claim for an equitable bill of discovery because it did not identify a specific pending or anticipated claim.

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Superior Court’s denial of Wallace’s motion to correct an illegal sentence and remanded the case to address an overly long probation term.

The Supreme Court of Delaware dismissed Shahin's appeal because the Constitution grants the Court no jurisdiction to hear a direct appeal from the Court of Common Pleas.

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Superior Court's revocation of Joseph Paczkowski's probation and the imposed sentencing conditions. The Court held that the Superior Court had jurisdiction, that the evidence satisfied the preponderance standard, that there was no Brady violation, no due‑process error, and…

The Supreme Court of Delaware dismissed the appeal as untimely because the appellant failed to file a timely notice of appeal; the prison mailbox rule does not apply to civil actions and no court‑related personnel delay was shown.

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Court of Chancery's judgment, holding that the agreements between Wirth and the Edwards defendants were unconscionable and unenforceable, that specific performance was improperly sought, and that the equitable lien imposed by the lower court was proper.

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Family Court's orders modifying custody and denying a motion for reargument, finding no error in the factual findings or application of law.

The Supreme Court of Delaware dismissed Madison Simpson's appeal of a custody-modification order because she failed to pay the required filing and transcript fees and did not respond to the notice to show cause. The dismissal was entered under the Court's procedural rules.