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Supreme Court of Delaware / Joined 1978 / Served to 1983

William T. Quillen

Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware

William T. Quillen was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware, who joined the court in 1978. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1978–1983 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1978	Supreme Court of Delaware	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Quillen authored 57 published opinions for the court (1979–1983), plus 5 dissents and 4 concurrences. Most cited: Zapata Corp. v. Maldonado (335 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 65 of these were attributed to Quillen by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1981	Zapata Corp. v. Maldonado†	430 A.2d 779	335
1980	Hooks v. State†	416 A.2d 189	167
1982	Istituto Bancario Italiano SpA v. Hunter Engineering Co.†	449 A.2d 210	122
1979	Storey v. Camper†	401 A.2d 458	84
1982	Dutton v. State†	452 A.2d 127	82
1982	Realty Growth Investors v. Council of Unit Owners†	453 A.2d 450	75
1982	Harman v. Masoneilan International, Inc.· Concurrence†	442 A.2d 487	71
1980	Tyre v. State†	412 A.2d 326	69
1981	Lynch v. Vickers Energy Corp.· Dissent†	429 A.2d 497	61
1979	Dunn v. St. Francis Hospital, Inc.†	401 A.2d 77	56
1982	DiSabatino Bros., Inc. v. Wortman†	453 A.2d 102	54
1980	Allied Artists Pictures Corp. v. Baron†	413 A.2d 876	54
1980	Bell v. Kirby Lumber Corp.· Concurrence†	413 A.2d 137	51
1980	Hunter v. State· Concurrence†	420 A.2d 119	47
1983	Frank G.W. v. Carol M.W.†	457 A.2d 715	44

Showing the 15 most-cited of 66 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Delaware reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was William T. Quillen on?: William T. Quillen was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware.

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5 years on the Supreme Court of Delaware. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).