State v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining when “the statute in question was re-enacted . . . it is presumed that the Legislature considered any changes . . . which had occurred subsequent to the passage of the original statute”
• “It is true that statutes in derogation of common law must be strictly construed.”
• “It is true that statutes in derogation of common law must be strictly construed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Higgins v. Walls
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2005-08-19· cited 22×
• Drews v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-10-22· cited 21×
• Lee Alan Robinson v. Oakwood Village, LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2017-04-28
• Asaf Barkan v. Exabeam, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2025-04-11
• Lewis v. Churchman Village of Delaware, Inc., d/b/a Churchman Village Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2025-04-25
• Wells v. Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2025-11-24
• Lewis v. Churchman Village of Delaware, Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2026-02-25
• Thomas Drew Rutledge v. Clearway Energy Group LLC, Christopher Sotos, and Clearway Energy, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2026-02-27
• Johnson v. Bayhealth Medical Center
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2026-05-22

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Shelley v. Kraemer
  Supreme Court· 1948-05-03· cited 1,913×
• Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority
  Supreme Court· 1961-04-17· cited 1,835×
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot
  Supreme Court· 1960-11-14· cited 1,079×
• Civil Rights Cases
  Supreme Court· 1883-10-15· cited 999×
• Barrows v. Jackson
  Supreme Court· 1953-06-15· cited 940×
• Buchanan v. Warley
  Supreme Court· 1916-04-11· cited 462×
• Watson v. City of Memphis
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-27· cited 280×
• Peterson v. City of Greenville
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-20· cited 197×
• Turner v. City of Memphis
  Supreme Court· 1962-03-26· cited 180×
• Lombard v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-20· cited 166×
• Charles E. Williams v. Howard Johnson's Restaurant, Russell v. Keys and Mary Barnes
  Fourth Circuit· 1959-07-16· cited 54×
• Young v. May
  Supreme Court· 1953-10-12· cited 33×
• Alpaugh v. Wolverton
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-03-04· cited 30×
• State v. Cannon
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1963-04-03· cited 24×
• State v. Brown
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1963-11-06· cited 23×
• Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. Mayor & Council of Wilmington
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1948-03-12· cited 18×
• Slack v. Atlantic White Tower System, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 1960-02-16· cited 16×
• Griffin & Greene v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1961-06-08· cited 16×
• Delaware Steeplechase & Race Ass'n v. Wise
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1942-07-13· cited 14×
• Mitchell v. Delaware Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1963-06-21· cited 9×