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259 A.2d 663

Walker v. Lamb

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided November 5, 1969

Supreme Court of Delaware · decided 1969-11-05

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently November 2014

4 state decisions

Relies on Davis v. Mississippi · Bynum v. United States · Walker v. Lamb

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Decided 1969-11-05

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PER CURIAM:

¶1 This is an appeal from the dismissal by the Court of Chancery of an action for a mandatory injunction requiring the return to the appellant of photographs and record of fingerprints taken in a criminal prosecution.

¶2 We affirm on the opinion below. See 254 A.2d 265.

¶3 The appellant relies upon Davis v. Mississippi, 394 U.S. 721, 89 S.Ct. 1394, 22 L.Ed.2d 676 (1969) and Bynum v. United States, 104 App.D.C. 368, 262 F.2d 465 (1958). Neither of these authorities creates a cause of action such as the appellant seeks to invoke here.

¶4 Moreover, the issue is now academic because the appellant has been indicted and the State unquestionably may take the fingerprint record and photographs anew. Equity will not do a useless thing.

¶5 Affirmed.

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