Court Opinion

ID: 9755194
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 20:29:29.362998+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:04.315262
License: Public Domain

On Reargument
Defendants, in moving for reargument, have failed to grasp the underlying rationale of the Court’s ruling, namely that regardless of whether the defendants have acted on plaintiff’s building plans in a legislative or in a quasi judicial manner, I am satisfied on the present record that plaintiff is entitled to seek to demonstrate that his property rights have been improperly dealt with by defendants in the proceedings of which review is sought.
In other words, neither certiorari, in which plaintiff would not be able to enlarge the present record, which he seeks to do, nor mandamus, a proceeding to compel the performance of a mere formal requirement or ministerial duty, would be adequate remedies for plaintiff in light of the relief sought. Compare Lynch v. Tunnell (Del.Supr.Ct.) 236 A.2d 369. See also State v. Buck, supra.
Finally, I am satisfied that the question of zoning, which defendants have sought to raise here, was not considered by any of the several defendants in connection with plaintiff’s application for approval of his building plans and will not be considered here.
Defendants’ motion for reargument is denied.