State Supreme Court / Conn.

Hartford Electric Light Co. v. Water Resources Commission

Decided December 22, 1971. John R. Thim wrote the opinion for the court.

162 Conn. 89 · Cited 122 times

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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.

Jennings v. Connecticut Light & Power Co. · 140 Conn. 650
Klapproth v. Turner · 156 Conn. 276
State v. Benson · 153 Conn. 209
Johnson v. Board of Tax Review · 160 Conn. 71
Unemployment Compensation Comm'n of Alaska v. Aragon · 329 U.S. 143
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. City of Minneapolis · 232 U.S. 430
Mitchell v. Hammond · 39 So. 2d 582
Mad River Co. v. Town of Wolcott · 137 Conn. 680
Transportation Co. v. Chicago · 99 U.S. 635
Weber v. Board of Harbor Commissioners · 85 U.S. 57
Pierce v. Albanese · 144 Conn. 241
State v. Taylor · 153 Conn. 72
Winslow v. Zoning Board · 143 Conn. 381
Conley v. Board of Education · 143 Conn. 488
General Motors Corporation v. Mulquin · 55 A.2d 732
Sage-Allen Co., Inc. v. Wheeler · 179 A. 195
McAdams v. Barbieri · 143 Conn. 405
Smith v. F. W. Woolworth Co. · 142 Conn. 88
Country Lands, Inc. v. Swinnerton · 151 Conn. 27
City of Bridgeport v. Town of Stratford · 142 Conn. 634
Baker v. Baningoso · 58 A.2d 5
Charlton Press, Inc. v. Sullivan · 153 Conn. 103
Baker v. City of Norwalk · 152 Conn. 312
Pluhowsky v. City of New Haven · 151 Conn. 337
Slagle v. Zoning Board of Appeals · 144 Conn. 690

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Aaron v. Conservation Commission · 178 Conn. 173
Lundy Electronics & Systems, Inc. v. Connecticut State Tax Commissioner · 189 Conn. 690
Farmington Savings Bank v. Zoning Board of Appeals · 189 Conn. 727
Connecticut State Medical Society v. Connecticut Board of Examiners · 208 Conn. 709
Bottone v. Town of Westport · 209 Conn. 652
Rizzo v. Price · 162 Conn. 504
Edgewood Village, Inc. v. Housing Authority · 265 Conn. 280
Horton v. Meskill · 172 Conn. 615
Burnham v. Administrator · 184 Conn. 317
Aillon v. Meachum · 211 Conn. 352
Kellems v. Brown · 163 Conn. 478
Conway v. Town of Wilton · 238 Conn. 653
Hayes v. Smith · 194 Conn. 52
Scrapchansky v. Town of Plainfield · 226 Conn. 446
Starr v. Commissioner of Environmental Protection · 226 Conn. 358
Town of Westport v. City of Norwalk · 167 Conn. 151
State v. Rodgers · 198 Conn. 53
Burke v. Avitabile · 32 Conn. App. 765
Anderson v. Ludgin · 175 Conn. 545
Nationwide Insurance v. Gode · 187 Conn. 386
Point O'Woods Assn., Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals · 178 Conn. 364

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