CHRISTOPHER v. SUSSEX COUNTY

No. 201, 2013.

77 A.3d 951 (2013)

Jeffrey S. CHRISTOPHER, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. SUSSEX COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Delaware; Michael H. Vincent, Sussex County Council President; Samuel R. Wilson, Sussex County Council Vice President; Joan R. Deaver, Sussex County Council Councilwoman; George R. Cole, Sussex County Councilman; Vance C. Phillips, Sussex County Council Councilman; Todd F. Lawson, Sussex County Administrator; and the State of Delaware, Defendants Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: October 7, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julianne E. Murray, Esquire (argued), and Feliks Finkel, Esquire , Murray Law LLC, Georgetown, Delaware, for appellant.

Edward K. Black, Esquire , Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellee, State of Delaware.

David N. Rutt, Esquire , Moore & Rutt, P.A., Georgetown, Delaware, for appellee, Sussex County.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices (constituting the Court en Banc).


HOLLAND, Justice:

On August 9, 2012, the plaintiff-appellant, Jeffrey S. Christopher, Sheriff of Sussex County, Delaware ("Sheriff"), filed his Second Amended Complaint in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware naming as defendants-appellees, Sussex County, a political entity, and its individual Council members: Michael H. Vincent, Samuel R. Wilson, Joan R. Deaver, George B. Cole and Vance C. Phillips, and the County Administrator, Todd F. Lawson, all in their...

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