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Couch v. Delmarva Power & Light Co.

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided March 20, 1991PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ALLEN, Chancellor.

Delmarva Power & Light Company (“DP & L”) is presently installing a new 25 kilo-volt electrical transmission line along the easterly side of Route 10 in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County. This work is supposedly being done within the State of Delaware highway right of way with the approval of the Delaware Department of Transportation (“DelDOT”). Plaintiffs own about 170 acres of farmland bordering the easterly side of Route 10. They bring this action against both DP & L and Del-DOT seeking an order requiring DP & L to halt such installation and to remove the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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  3. United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Cort v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945

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3Cited by7 opinions

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