State ex rel. Biggs v. Corley

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• holding that a Fish and Game Commissioner position constituted an office
• Courts have no jurisdiction to consider question of implied resignation or abandonment by senator or representative since Delaware Constitution vests in each house the right, power and authority to judge election and qualifications of its members.
• Courts have no jurisdiction to consider question of implied resignation or abandonment by senator or representative since Delaware Constitution vests in each house the right, power and authority to judge election and qualifications of its members.

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Cited by

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

• Wells v. Purcell
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-12-31· cited 75×
• Walker v. Yucht
  D. Delaware· 1972-12-06· cited 35×
• In Re Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-09· cited 31×
• State Ex Rel. Wier v. Peterson
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1976-12-29· cited 30×
• Stiftel v. Malarkey
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1977-12-28· cited 26×
• Haft v. Dart Group Corp.
  D. Delaware· 1993-12-30· cited 24×
• Sincock v. Gately
  D. Delaware· 1967-01-10· cited 23×
• State v. Richards
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1949-02-25· cited 19×
• State v. Glenn
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1939-02-21· cited 18×
• In Re Opinions of the Justices
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1952-04-01· cited 17×
• State v. Harrington
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1942-06-16· cited 17×
• Raney v. Stovall
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1962-10-26· cited 16×
• State v. Carey
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1955-03-15· cited 15×
• du Pont v. Green
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1937-10-26· cited 15×
• State Ex Rel. Tate v. Cubbage
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1965-05-07· cited 12×
• State v. Shaw
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1956-10-17· cited 9×
• Raduszewski v. Superior Court of the State of Delaware Ex Rel. New Castle County
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1967-07-12· cited 9×
• Opinion of the Justices
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1964-04-28· cited 9×
• Wharton v. Everett
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1967-03-07· cited 8×
• Opinion of the Justices
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1968-07-16· cited 8×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People ex rel. Drake v. Mahaney
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1865-10-28· cited 427×
• Attorney General v. Drohan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1897-11-24· cited 54×
• People Ex Rel. Hatzel v. . Hall
  New York Court of Appeals· 1880-02-24· cited 52×
• Williams v. Nashville
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1891-01-10· cited 38×
• People ex rel. Myers v. Haas
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1908-12-18· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Allen, Huhn & Shane
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1872-02-12· cited 23×
• State ex rel. Smith v. District Court
  Montana Supreme Court· 1914-12-18· cited 22×
• Ex parte Echols
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1866-01-15· cited 16×
• In re Advisory Opinion to the Governor
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1918-11-08· cited 15×
• State ex rel. Boulware v. Porter
  Montana Supreme Court· 1919-02-06· cited 14×
• Meagher v. Howell
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1916-09-28· cited 12×
• United States v. Dietrich
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska· 1904-01-04· cited 10×
• Lodge v. Wayne County Clerk
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1909-02-02· cited 7×
• State v. Strange
  Washington Supreme Court· 1908-09-15· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Gove
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1890-05-08· cited 6×
• People ex rel. Jameson v. Auditor of Public Accounts
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1872-06-15· cited 3×