Legal Opinion
In re the Appeal of Blackstone
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided February 11, 1937No. 178PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Spearman, J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
The Constitutional question raised by the petitioner in his petition for a Writ of Certiorari will be considered first. It is:
That Section Ten of the said Ordinance is unconstitutional and void as applied to the petitioner in the present case, in that (1) it deprives the petitioner of his property without due process of law; (2) it is an attempt to take property of the petitioner for a public purpose without compensation; (3) it denies to petitioner the equal protection of the law.
Our Constitution in its Bill of Rights (Article 1, § 7) declares…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Zahn v. Board of Public WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Gorieb v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Bradley v. Board of Zoning AdjustmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Prusik v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Nelson v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
- State v. HobsonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1951
- McQuail v. Shell Oil CompanySupreme Court of Delaware · 1962
- Hoff v. StateSuperior Court of Delaware · 1938
- Lyons v. Delaware Liquor CommissionNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1948
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