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VANN v. TOWN OF CHESWOLD

Nos. 445, 2006, 448, 2007.

945 A.2d 1118 (2008)

Robbin VANN, Petitioner Below, Appellant, v. The TOWN OF CHESWOLD, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Delaware; Peter Diakos, individually and his official capacity as the Mayor of the Town of Cheswold; Richard Ziegenhorn, individually and in capacity as Vice-Mayor of the Town of Cheswold and member of the Town of Cheswold Town Council; Conchetta Edel, James O. Plummer, III, and Robert W. Sine, individually and in their capacities as members of the Town of Cheswold Town Council, Respondents Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 27, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin A. Schwartz, Schwartz & Schwartz, Dover, Delaware, for appellant.

William W. Pepper, Sr., Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, Delaware, for appellees.

John F. Brady, Brady, Richardson, Beauregard & Chasanov, LLC, Georgetown, Delaware, for Intervenor.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices, constituting the court en banc.

STEELE, Chief Justice.

Robbin Vann, appellant, challenges his termination as the Town of Cheswold's police chief. A Superior Court judge determined that Cheswold established "just cause" for Vann's removal as required under 11 Del. C. § 9301(a). Vann argues that the trial judge improperly interpreted "just cause" as a "fair and honest cause or reason." Instead, he claims "just cause" under section 9301 means "a willful or wanton act in violation of either...

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