Riggs v. Riggs

How courts have described this case

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

• excusing delay when there was evidence to suggest that the Family Court led the appellant to believe that an appeal had been properly filed
• excusing untimely notice of appeal that appellant mistakenly filed with Family Court when actions of Family Court personnel in response to notice of appeal suggested to appellant that appeal was properly filed
• dismissing an untimely appeal where an error by the appellant’s attorney caused the untimeliness
• excusing untimely notice of appeal that appellant mistakenly filed with Family Court when actions of Family Court personnel in response to notice of appeal suggested to appellant that appeal was properly filed
• Failure to file appeal within time mandated by statute and court rule is a “jurisdictional defect” that “may not be excused in the absence of unusual circumstances” not attributable to counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Carr v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-02-13· cited 308×
• Stroud v. Milliken Entersprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-01-12· cited 160×
• Leatherbury v. Greenspun
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2007-11-30· cited 76×
• State v. Skinner
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-11-02· cited 42×
• Scharf v. Edgcomb Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-12-07· cited 40×
• McDaniel v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-10-26· cited 29×
• Draper King Cole v. Malave
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1999-10-25· cited 15×
• Preston v. Board of Adjustment
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-05-02· cited 13×
• Giordano v. Marta
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1998-10-22· cited 11×
• Wilson v. King
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1996-10-30· cited 7×
• Giammalvo v. Sunshine Mining Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-07-14· cited 5×
• PNC Bank, Delaware v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1997-01-30· cited 5×
• Joyner v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2007-05-04· cited 3×
• Guy v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-09-28· cited 2×
• Foley v. WASHINGTON GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-11-04· cited 1×
• ALEEM-X v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-09-23
• Watterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-06-27
• New Castle Auto Auction & Consignments, Inc. v. Eric Riley and Jeanne Riley
  Delaware Court of Common Pleas· 2014-12-01
• Branch Banking and Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-05-04
• Heller v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-09-07

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bey v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1979-04-17· cited 270×
• Preform Building Components, Inc. v. Edwards
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1971-06-14· cited 27×
• Fisher v. Biggs
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1971-09-28· cited 19×
• Eller v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-09-14· cited 12×
• Mary A.O. v. John J.O.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-12-29· cited 8×