Delaware’s Top Judge Emphasizes Independence Before Lawmakers

Delaware lawmakers should respect judicial independence as they consider making significant changes to corporate law, the state Supreme Court’s chief justice said Thursday at the state capitol in Dover.

Delaware’s judges “will respect the legislative judgments made by the General Assembly and the governor within constitutional bounds,” but lawmakers should remember the importance of an independent judiciary, Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. told the legislature’s joint finance committee.

Seitz said he couldn’t discuss pending litigation, and didn’t mention any of Delaware’s growing chorus of critics by name. But after losing multiple high-profile disputes in Chancery Court, and Tesla Inc.'s ...