IN RE DELAWARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS LITIGATION

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max B. Walton, Esquire (argued), Lisa R. Hatfield, Esquire , Erica K. Sefton, Esquire , Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, Delaware. Wilson B. Davis, Esquire , New Castle County Law Department, New Castle, Delaware, for Appellant Michael R. Smith, Chief Financial Officer of New Castle County. Krista M. Reale, Esquire   Margolis Edelstein , Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant Gina Jennings, Finance Director for Sussex County. Craig T. Eliassen, Esquire , Gary E. Junge, Esquire , Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, Delaware for Appellant Susan Durham, Director of Finance of Kent County.

Richard H. Morse, Esquire (argued), Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware. Dwayne Bensing, Esquire , ACLU Foundation of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; Of Counsel Saul P. Morgenstern, Esquire , Peta Gordon, Esquire , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York for Appellees DEO and NAACP-DE.

Paul E. Bilodeau, Esquire, Reger, Rizzo, Darnall, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, for Amicus Curie, The Delaware League of Local Governments.

Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, TRAYNOR, LEGROW, Justices, and JONES, Judge constituting the Court en Banc.