State Supreme Court / Conn.

Ducharme v. City of Putnam

Decided April 20, 1971. Howard Wells Alcorn wrote the opinion for the court.

161 Conn. 135 · Cited 78 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.

Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463
Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150
Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. Turnipseed · 219 U.S. 35
Williams v. Mayor of Baltimore · 289 U.S. 36
Alabama Power Co. v. Ickes · 302 U.S. 464
Sanger v. City of Bridgeport · 198 A. 746
Lyman v. Adorno · 52 A.2d 702
Mott's Super Markets, Inc. v. Frassinelli · 148 Conn. 481

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Town of Berlin v. Santaguida · 181 Conn. 421
Lundgren v. Town of Stratford · 12 Conn. App. 138
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