Legal Opinion
Wiley v. Copeland
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided August 18, 1975PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
Lammot duPont Copeland, Jr. (Copeland) filed suit in the Court of Chancery against Don C. Wiley, Sr. (Wiley), Jane C. Wiley, Pleasure Petroleum Corp., a Louisiana Corporation, and Fluid Power Pump Co. (Fluid), a Delaware Corporation. Jurisdiction over Wiley was obtained by means of an Order of Sequestration under which Wiley’s shares of Fluid stock were sequestered. Wiley filed a motion to quash the Order on the ground that the statute authorizing sequestration violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Article 1, Section 7 of the Delaware Constitution in that it permits…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Hibou, Inc. v. RamsingSuperior Court of Delaware · 1974
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3Cited by4 opinions
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