Legal Opinion
Mayor and Council of Wilmington v. Dukes
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 10, 1960No. 55 and 57PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bramhall, J.:
The questions raised by these appeals relate to (1) the right of the City to institute a civil suit to collect license fees where the only remedy expressly provided in the Ordinance is a criminal penalty; (2) the applicability of the Ordinance in the case of a physician employed by another physician who operates a clinic for a hospital; (3) the question whether the Ordinance exceeds the authority provided in the statute; and (4) the question whether the statute of limitations operates against the City in a civil suit for the collection of the license fee.
The City brought suit…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Metropolitan Railroad v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Johnson v. BlackSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- City of St. Louis v. United Railways Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1915
- Nigro v. FlinnSuperior Court of Delaware · 1937
- Coleman v. RhodesSuperior Court of Delaware · 1932
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Smith v. MagrasCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- District of Columbia v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATIONDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1980
- Hayward v. GastonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1988
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