Supreme Court of Delaware - March 2003 Opinion Summaries

REYES v. STATE OF DELAWARE

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In direct appeal from murder conviction and death sentence, 1) trial judge exercised discretion properly during voir dire on death penalty, 2) denial...

DIRECTOR OF REVENUE v. CNA HOLDINGS, INC.

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Del. C. section 1903(b)(3) clearly and unambiguously requires that the entire gain on sale of real property within the state be included in a...

FROIO v. DUPONT HOSP. FOR CHILDREN

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment in a medical malpractice case was improper, as although plaintiff's expert arguably gave inconsistent responses to different...

WARD v. SHONEY'S INC.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The jury could properly find, based on its own understanding of human nature, that people sometimes "cut corners," thus no expert testimony was needed...

CORP. PROP. ASSOCS. 6 v. HALLWOOD GROUP, INC.

Contracts
Where a letter agreement addressed only the early payoff of a promissory note, the contested language did not clearly act as a general release of...

TYSON FOODS, INC. v. AETOS CORP.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In denying vacatur of previous rulings granting specific performance of a merger agreement, the Court of Chancery properly relied on both federal and...