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· 10/5/2005

Cantinca v. Fontana

Citations

  • 884 A.2d 468
  • 2005 Del. LEXIS 385
  • 2005 WL 2514228

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • deeming this the “plain meaning” of a statute similarly prohibiting consideration of evidence of a “violation” of a mandatory smoke detector law
  • finding the county ordinance and state statute were not impliedly inconsistent because both “explicitly defer[] to the stricter regulation in the event of a conflict”
  • referring to state statutes and municipal ordinances as opposed to agency regulations
  • “In Delaware, the State and its political subdivisions are permitted to enact similar provisions and regulations, so long as the two regulations do not conflict.”

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Judges: Steele, Berger, Jacobs

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