Legal Opinion

Opinion of the Justices

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided April 14, 1980PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1246To His Excellency Pierre S. du Pont Governor of Delaware.

Reference is made to your letter dated June 13,1979 requesting the opinions of the Justices of the Supreme Court, pursuant to 10 Del.C. § 141,1 upon the following question:

*1247“Is Senate Concurrent Resolution # 47 as amended, of the 126th General Assembly constitutional?”

The letter included background information on the question, as follows:

“The question raised concerns the validity of Delaware’s ratification, by Senate Concurrent Resolution # 47 as amended, of the proposed ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ to the United States Constitution. As you…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Coleman v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. Doremus v. Board of Ed. of HawthorneSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Leser v. GarnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  4. Hawke v. Smith (No. 1)Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
  5. Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Delaware · 1964

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Duplantis v. Louisiana Bd. of EthicsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  2. Zoning Commission v. Fairfield Resources Management, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1996
  3. In Re Request of the Governor for an Advisory OpinionSupreme Court of Delaware · 1998
  4. In re Request for an Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Delaware · 2017
  5. Delawareans for Educ. Opportunity v. CarneyCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 2018

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