Legal Opinion
Belton v. Gebhart
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided April 1, 1952No. Civ. A. Nos. 258, 265PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
87 A.2d 862 (1952)
BELTON et al.
v.
GEBHART et al.
BULAH et al.
v.
GEBHART et al.
Civ. A. Nos. 258, 265.
Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.
April 1, 1952.
Jack Greenberg, of New York City, and Louis L. Redding, Wilmington, for plaintiffs.
H. Albert Young, Atty. Gen., and Louis J. Finger, Deputy Atty. Gen., for defendants.
SEITZ, Chancellor.
The question for decision in both cases here presented is whether the State of Delaware, through its agencies, has violated the plaintiffs' rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Two actions were…
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