Ecker v. Town of West Hartford

Decided September 8, 1987. Robert J. Callahan wrote the opinion for the court.

205 Conn. 219 · Cited 161 times

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• Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · 398 U.S. 375
• Gentile v. Altermatt · 169 Conn. 267
• Moore v. McNamara · 201 Conn. 16
• McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of Chicago · 394 U.S. 802
• Orticelli v. Powers · 197 Conn. 9
• Daily v. New Britain Machine Co. · 200 Conn. 562
• Gaudette v. Webb · 284 N.E.2d 222
• Isaac v. Mount Sinai Hospital · 3 Conn. App. 598
• Ladd v. Douglas Trucking Co. · 203 Conn. 187
• Everett v. Trunnell · 673 P.2d 387
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71
• The Harrisburg · 119 U.S. 199
• Diamond National Corp. v. Dwelle · 164 Conn. 540
• L. G. DeFelice & Son, Inc. v. Town of Wethersfield · 167 Conn. 509
• Eielson v. Parker · 179 Conn. 552
• State Management Ass'n of Connecticut, Inc. v. O'Neill · 204 Conn. 746
• Peck v. Jacquemin · 196 Conn. 53
• Saylor v. Hall · 497 S.W.2d 218
• Vilcinskas v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 144 Conn. 170
• Floyd v. Fruit Industries, Inc. · 144 Conn. 659
• Overland Const. Co., Inc. v. Sirmons · 369 So. 2d 572
• Willoughby v. City of New Haven · 197 A. 85
• Warner v. Leslie-Elliott Constructors, Inc. · 194 Conn. 129
• Jones Destruction, Inc. v. Upjohn · 161 Conn. 191
• Prokolkin v. General Motors Corporation · 170 Conn. 289

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• Isaac v. Mount Sinai Hospital · 210 Conn. 721
• Gabrielle v. Hospital of St. Raphael · 33 Conn. App. 378
• Lostritto v. Community Action Agency of New Haven, Inc. · 269 Conn. 10
• Dolnack v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad · 33 Conn. App. 832
• Neuhaus v. DeCholnoky · 83 Conn. App. 576
• Hytken v. Wake · 68 P.3d 508
• Dubay v. Irish · 207 Conn. 518
• Champagne v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. · 212 Conn. 509
• Ambroise v. William Raveis Real Estate, Inc. · 226 Conn. 757
• City of Bridgeport v. Debek · 210 Conn. 175
• Moore v. Ganim · 233 Conn. 557
• Williams v. Commission On Human Rights & Opportunities · 257 Conn. 258
• Negron v. Llarena · 716 A.2d 1158
• Roberts v. Caton · 224 Conn. 483
• Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC · 202 A.3d 262
• Avon Meadow Condominium Ass'n v. Bank of Boston Connecticut · 50 Conn. App. 688
• Davenport v. Quinn · 53 Conn. App. 282
• Doe v. State · 216 Conn. 85

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