Delaware Supreme Court‘S Decision in Sternberg Can No Longer Be Said to Comport with Federal Due Process
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE GENUINE PARTS COMPANY, § § No. 528, 2015 Defendant Below-Appellant, § § Court Below: Superior Court v. § of the State of Delaware § RALPH ALLAN CEPEC and § C.A. No. N15C-02-184 SANDRA FAYE CEPEC, § § Plaintiffs Below-Appellees. § Submitted: March 9, 2016 Decided: April 18, 2016 Before STRINE, Chief Justice; HOLLAND, VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc. Upon appeal from the Superior Court. REVERSED. Paul A. Bradley, Esquire, Stephanie A. Fox, Esquire, Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson LLC, Wilmington, Delaware; James C. Grant, Esquire (Argued), Jonathan D. Parente, Esquire, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant. Jeffrey S. Goddess, Esquire (Argued), Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Lisa W. Shirley, Esquire, Charles E. Soechting, Jr., Esquire, Simon, Greenstone, Panatier & Bartlett, Dallas, Texas, for Appellees. Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, Esquire, Nicholas J. Rohrer, Esquire, Julia B. Ripple, Esquire, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Andrew J. Pincus, Esquire, Archis A. Parasharami, Esquire, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kathryn Comerford Todd, Esquire, Warren Postman, Esquire, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., Amicus Curaie for The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. William W. Erhart, Esquire, Estate and Elder Law Services, Wilmington, Delaware; David W. deBruin, Esquire, The deBruin Firm LLC, Wilmington, Delaware; Meghan Butters Houser, Esquire, Weiss & Saville, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, Amicus Curaie for Delaware Trial Lawyers Association. John C. Phillips, Jr., Esquire, David A. Bilson, Esquire, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Robert L. Willmore, Esquire, Thomas Kinney, Esquire, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., Amicus Curiae for Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc.
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