Title: State v. Manufactured Home Communities, Inc., et al.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 537, 2003
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: March 17, 2004

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
STATE OF DELAWARE, ex rel. 
 
) 
M. JANE BRADY, ATTORNEY 
 
)  No. 537, 2003 
GENERAL, STATE OF DELAWARE, 
) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
)  Court Below:  Superior Court 
 
 
Respondent/Counterclaim 
)  of the State of Delaware in 
 
 
Plaintiff Below, Appellant, 
)  and for Sussex County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
) 
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
)  C.A. No. 02C-08-029 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
) 
MANUFACTURED HOME 
 
 
) 
COMMUNITIES, INC., MHC  
 
) 
FINANCING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 
) 
TWO, and MHC OPERATING LIMITED ) 
PARTNERSHIP,  
 
 
 
) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
) 
 
 
Petitioners/Counterclaim  
) 
 
 
Defendants Below, Appellees. ) 
 
Submitted:  March 16, 2004 
Decided: March 17, 2004 
 
Before BERGER, STEELE and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 17th day of March, 2004, it appears to the Court as follows: 
 
The parties appeal two issues from a Superior Court decision on summary 
judgment of August 29, 2003 which ruled that: 
 
1.  “the rent cap formula in this case is clearly a term relating to the amount 
and payment of rent, and therefore, MHC may eliminate the rent cap formula from 
its existing leases, but only as they come up for renewal.” 
 
We affirm that determination on the basis of the opinion of the trial judge. 
 
2
2. 
the “right of entry” provision contained within MHC’s proposed new 
form of rental agreement “is want for vagueness,” and therefore violates 25 Del.C. 
§ 7001 et. seq.   
We affirm the holding that the proposed new form of rental agreement 
violates 25 Del.C. § 7001 et seq.  An opinion explaining our reasons for affirming 
the Superior Court’s judgment will be issued in due course. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice