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Delaware · highest court
Delaware Supreme Court
Appointed by governor
Chief: The Governor appoints a justice specifically to the office of Chief Justice from a nominating-commission slate, subject to Delaware Senate confirmation..
Justices
All judges & justices →- Collins J. Seitz Jr.
- Karen L. Valihura
- Gary F. Traynor
- Abigail M. LeGrow
- N. Christopher Griffiths
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of the State of Delaware
Adopted 1897. Its declaration of rights sits in Article I (Bill of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Delaware constitution means.
Primacy, interprets its own constitution first
How a state reads its own rights provisions relative to the federal floor, lockstep vs departure.
State-court structure and selection methods are from official and reference sources; the justice roster is point-in-time. Civibrief carries each state's highest court (lower state courts are out of scope for now).