Legal Opinion
Pellicone v. New Castle County
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided March 19, 2014No. 329, 2013PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice:
The defendant-appellant, Donald Pelli-cone (“Pellicone”), appeals from a Superior Court judgment confirming that New Castle County (“NCC”) had certain easements on Pellicone’s property. NCC sought the easements’ validation to carry out a flood control project targeting Little Mill Creek in New Castle County.
Facts
In 1990, to address recurrent flooding in Little Mill Creek in Elsmere and Wilmington, the Delaware General Assembly (enacting House Bill No. 777) established the Little Mill Creek Flood Abatement Committee “to develop and implement a plan to correct flooding in the…
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- State v. George F. Lang Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1963
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