Legal Opinion
Hetherton v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided January 27, 1978No. Civ. A. 77-84PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.
James Hetherton, a Wilmington Police Officer, was shot on April 9, 1976 while he was working at an extra job as a guard. Hetherton’s assailant, one Lloyd C. Full-man, Jr., shot Hetherton with a .22 caliber rifle. Both the rifle and ammunition were purchased by Fullman at a Sears, Roebuck & Company (“Sears”) department store in Wilmington, Delaware on February 25, 1976. At the time Fullman purchased the rifle and ammunition, a Sears salesman, John Loughren, requested Fullman’s Delaware driver’s license for identification purposes and asked Fullman…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Kuhns v. BruggerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Snowhite v. State, Use of TennantCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
- Robelen Piano Company v. Di FonzoSupreme Court of Delaware · 1961
- Boyce v. United States Steel Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- K-Mart Enterprises of Fla., Inc. v. KellerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- James Hetherton and Carol Hetherton, His Wife v. Sears, Roebuck & Company, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Knoedler v. Roxbury TownshipDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1980
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