Legal Opinion
DiStefano v. Watson
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided November 16, 1989PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice:
This is an appeal from the entry of a final order by the Superior Court, in and for New Castle County. The plaintiffs-appellants, David R. DiStefano (“DiStefano”) and James Stewart (“Stewart”), both of whom are prisoners at the Delaware Correctional Center, filed a civil petition for a writ of mandamus and declaratory relief. Their complaint challenged the validity, scope, and application to them of the February 21, 1986 amendment to 11 Del.C. § 6537, codified as a new subsection (b) of that statute. That amendment limited the authority of the Department of Correction to…
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