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April 3, 2014

Delaware Supreme Court Justice Jacobs to Step Down

Here’s news from the Delaware Law Weekly (also see this Delaware Online article and this Reuters article):

Delaware Supreme Court Justice Jack B. Jacobs has notified Gov. Jack Markell via a letter that he plans to step down from the bench in July. Jacobs wrote in his March 31 letter, a copy of which was obtained by Delaware Law Weekly, that he will step down July 4, one full year before his term is set to expire. He has served on the Supreme Court for 11 years and was also a Delaware Court of Chancery vice chancellor for 18 years. “No one can or should occupy these positions of trust for too long, however, and in my case, the time has now come to move on to the next phase of my life,” Jacobs said in the letter.