Mayor of Wilmington v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
1Opinion of the Court
Harrington, Chancellor:
Pierre S. duPont, a citizen and taxpayer, filed a petition in the court below for the issuance of a writ of mandamus against The Mayor and Council of Wilmington, a municipal corporation of this State, Joseph S. Wilson, the Mayor, and thirteen individuals who were members of the Council of the said corporation. In substance, the relator’s petition stated that the Board of Public Education in Wilmington was a corporation created by the legislature of the State of Delaware, charged with the supervision and government of the public schools in the City of Wilmington, and…
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Decatur v. Auditor of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Ring v. City of WoburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Hayes v. City of BrocktonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Commonwealth ex rel. City of Richmond v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1916
- Fiscal Court v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Rickards v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1950
- Oldham v. RooksSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
- In Re Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Delaware · 1968
- Brennan v. BlackSupreme Court of Delaware · 1954
- C. v. C.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1974
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