Pet v. Department of Health Services

Decided May 10, 1988. Arthur H. Healey wrote the opinion for the court.

207 Conn. 346 · Cited 181 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.

• LaCroix v. Board of Education · 199 Conn. 70
• Cooper v. Board of Medical Examiners · 49 Cal. App. 3d 931
• Doe v. Axelrod · 123 A.D.2d 21
• Laurel Park, Inc. v. Pac · 194 Conn. 677
• Bell v. Burson · 402 U.S. 535
• Watergate II Apartments v. Buffalo Sewer Authority · 46 N.Y.2d 52
• Reetz v. Michigan · 188 U.S. 505
• Cahill v. Board of Education · 198 Conn. 229
• Concerned Citizens of Sterling v. Town of Sterling · 204 Conn. 551
• Cologne v. Westfarms Associates · 197 Conn. 141
• Connecticut Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Jackson · 173 Conn. 352
• La Petite Auberge, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights · 419 A.2d 274
• Aitchison v. State · 105 A.2d 495
• Carpenter v. Planning & Zoning Commission · 176 Conn. 581
• Doe v. Heintz · 204 Conn. 17
• Berin v. Olson · 183 Conn. 337
• Dukes v. Durante · 192 Conn. 207
• Florentine v. Town of Darien · 142 Conn. 415
• City of Hartford v. American Arbitration Ass'n · 174 Conn. 472
• Balch Pontiac-Buick, Inc. v. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles · 165 Conn. 559
• City of New Haven v. Public Utilities Commission · 165 Conn. 687
• Petrowski v. Norwich Free Academy · 199 Conn. 231
• Commission on Medical Discipline v. Stillman · 435 A.2d 747
• Connecticut Mobile Home Assn., Inc. v. Jensen's, Inc. · 178 Conn. 586
• Sullivan v. State · 189 Conn. 550

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• Mangiafico v. Town of Farmington · 204 A.3d 1138
• Johnson v. Statewide Grievance Committee · 248 Conn. 87
• Housing Authority v. Papandrea · 222 Conn. 414
• Polymer Resources, Ltd. v. Keeney · 227 Conn. 545
• Pet v. Department of Health Services · 228 Conn. 651
• Mangiafico v. Town of Farmington · 163 A.3d 689
• Fish Unlimited v. Northeast Utilities Service Co. · 254 Conn. 1
• Chmielewski v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 218 Conn. 646
• Payne v. Fairfield Hills Hospital · 215 Conn. 675
• State v. Patterson · 236 Conn. 561
• Stepney, LLC v. Town of Fairfield · 263 Conn. 558
• Silverman v. City of New Haven · 19 Conn. App. 360
• Flanagan v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities · 54 Conn. App. 89
• Doe v. Department of Public Health · 52 Conn. App. 513
• Cannata v. Department of Environmental Protection · 215 Conn. 616
• Prager v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue · 20 P.3d 39
• In Re Herndon · 596 A.2d 592
• Vincenzo v. Warden · 26 Conn. App. 132
• Walton v. Town of New Hartford · 223 Conn. 155
• Simko v. Ervin · 234 Conn. 498
• O & G Industries, Inc. v. Planning & Zoning Commission · 232 Conn. 419
• Kinney v. State · 213 Conn. 54
• Brunswick v. Inland Wetlands Commission · 222 Conn. 541
• Town of Newtown v. Keeney · 234 Conn. 312
• Dragan v. Connecticut Medical Examining Board · 223 Conn. 618

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