State v. Hobson

How courts have described this case

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

• “Even if the Delaware statute, read literally, were susceptible of the construction which defendant urges, it would be our duty to reject that construction, since we are required, as between two possible constructions, to adopt the one which will uphold its validity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gambone v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-01-04· cited 136×
• Boilermakers Local 154 Retirement Fund v. Chevron Corp.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2013-06-25· cited 114×
• Sisson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2006-06-19· cited 97×
• Monacelli v. Grimes
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1953-08-05· cited 70×
• Hughes v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-01-30· cited 51×
• Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Court
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1962-01-11· cited 45×
• Wilmington Parking Authority v. Ranken
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1954-06-03· cited 45×
• Fried v. Kervick
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1961-01-23· cited 39×
• Serve Yourself Gasoline Stations Ass'n v. Brock
  California Supreme Court· 1952-10-31· cited 38×
• General Electric Co. v. Klein
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1954-06-09· cited 34×
• Randolph v. Wilmington Housing Authority
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1958-03-12· cited 30×
• Steffey v. City of Casper
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1961-01-23· cited 21×
• A & H TRANSP. INC. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1968-04-11· cited 20×
• Carlin v. City of Palm Springs
  California Court of Appeal· 1971-01-26· cited 17×
• City of Lake Charles v. Hasha
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1959-12-14· cited 13×
• State Highway Department v. Delaware Power & Light Co.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1961-01-12· cited 12×
• Ward v. Ward
  Delaware Family Court· 1987-03-02· cited 11×
• Stiftel v. Carper
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1977-07-22· cited 11×
• State Highway Dept. v. Delaware Power & Light Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1961-01-12· cited 10×
• Gawzner Corp. v. Minier
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-03-11· cited 10×