County Commissioners v. Claggett

This case concerns the competing interests of wild waterfowl hunters and marina owners in Kent County. The question presented is the preemption, vel non, by state law of a Kent County ordinance that, as amended, allows certain holders of group boat mooring permits, for two months of the open season for hunting wild waterfowl, to moor vessels in waters where riparian land owners have licenses to maintain and use blind sites.

In a declaratory judgment action brought by Herschell B. Claggett, the appellee, against the Kent County Commissioners (“Commissioners”), one of the appellants, the Circuit…