Robert Ovens, Appellee-Below, Appellant v. Carl Danberg

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Superior Court's reversal of the Human Relations Commission's award to Robert Ovens. It held that a prison is not a place of public accommodation under the Delaware Equal Accommodations Law because a state agency is covered only when it operates an establishment that caters to, offers goods or services to, or solicits patronage from the general public. Because the prison was outside the statute's definition, the court did not reach the merits of Ovens's discrimination claims.