State Supreme Court / Conn.

Breen v. Phelps

Decided January 26, 1982. John Speziale wrote the opinion for the court.

186 Conn. 86 · Cited 350 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Padula v. Padula · 138 Conn. 102
State v. Deep · 181 Conn. 284
Dawson v. Town of Orange · 61 A. 101
Messenger v. Anderson · 225 U.S. 436
Rutt v. Roche · 138 Conn. 605
Putnam, Coffin & Burr, Inc. v. Halpern · 154 Conn. 507
Montanaro v. Pandolfini · 148 Conn. 153
Lubas v. McCusker · 153 Conn. 250
Rienzo v. Cohen · 152 A. 394
Amodio v. Cunningham · 182 Conn. 80
Nowak v. Nowak · 175 Conn. 112
Maloney v. Pac · 183 Conn. 313
State v. Sul · 146 Conn. 78
E. J. Hansen Elevator, Inc. v. Stoll · 167 Conn. 623
Cecio Bros. v. Town of Greenwich · 156 Conn. 561
Stocker v. City of Waterbury · 154 Conn. 446
Brighenti v. New Britain Shirt Corporation · 167 Conn. 403
State v. Hoffler · 174 Conn. 452
Christiano v. Christiano · 41 A.2d 779
Parkway Trailer Sales, Inc. v. Wooldridge Bros., Inc. · 148 Conn. 21
Dennen v. Searle · 149 Conn. 126
State v. Goldfarb · 160 Conn. 320
Texas Co. v. Crown Petroleum Corp. · 137 Conn. 217
Albrecht v. Rubinstein · 63 A.2d 158
Sherwood v. City of Bridgeport · 195 A. 744

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Miller v. Kirshner · 225 Conn. 185
State v. Casanova · 255 Conn. 581
Brown v. Soh · 280 Conn. 494
Johnson v. Atkinson · 926 A.2d 656
Stevens v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · 39 Conn. App. 429
DeCORSO v. CALDERARO · 985 A.2d 349
Lewis v. Connecticut Gaming Policy Board · 224 Conn. 693
Carothers v. Capozziello · 215 Conn. 82
Glazer v. Dress Barn, Inc. · 274 Conn. 33
Doublewal Corp. v. Toffolon · 195 Conn. 384
Kevin Wagner v. Clark Equipment Co. · 259 Conn. 114
SS-II, LLC v. Bridge Street Associates · 977 A.2d 189
Saradjian v. Saradjian · 25 Conn. App. 411
McCarthy v. McCarthy · 55 Conn. App. 326
Town of Southington v. Commercial Union Insurance · 71 Conn. App. 715
McCutcheon & Burr, Inc. v. Berman · 218 Conn. 512
CFM of Connecticut, Inc. v. Chowdhury · 239 Conn. 375
Texaco, Inc. v. Golart · 206 Conn. 454
State v. Almeda · 211 Conn. 441
State v. Kluttz · 9 Conn. App. 686
Tarzia v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. · 52 Conn. App. 136

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