State Supreme Court / Conn.

Snyder v. Town of Newtown

Decided May 31, 1960. Raymond Early Baldwin wrote the opinion for the court.

147 Conn. 374 · Cited 89 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.

Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of Education · 281 U.S. 370
Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Co. v. Massachusetts · 207 U.S. 79
Lyman v. Adorno · 52 A.2d 702
Pierce v. Society of Sisters · 268 U.S. 510
State v. Gordon · 143 Conn. 698
Forman Schools, Inc. v. Town of Litchfield · 54 A.2d 710
Amsel v. Brooks · 141 Conn. 288
McAdams v. Barbieri · 143 Conn. 405
State v. Muolo · 176 A. 401
Wojculewicz v. Cummings · 143 Conn. 624
Gurney v. Ferguson · 122 P.2d 1002
New Haven Metal & Heating Supply Co. v. Danaher · 21 A.2d 383
Barnes v. City of New Haven · 140 Conn. 8
Schwartz v. Kelly · 140 Conn. 176
Visser v. Nooksack Valley School District No. 506 · 207 P.2d 198
Board of Education v. Wheat · 199 A. 628
Karen v. Town of East Haddam · 146 Conn. 720
Edwards v. City of Hartford · 145 Conn. 141
Chance v. Mississippi State Textbook Rating & Purchasing Board · 200 So. 706
Cahill v. Leopold · 141 Conn. 1
Adams v. County Commissioners · 26 A.2d 377
Warner v. Gabb · 139 Conn. 310
Arnold College for Hygiene & Physical Education v. Town of Milford · 144 Conn. 206
Carroll v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 68 A.2d 299
Masonic Building Ass'n v. Town of Stamford · 174 A. 301

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State Ex Rel. Bouc v. School District of Lincoln · 320 N.W.2d 472
Horton v. Meskill · 172 Conn. 615
Davenport Water Co. v. Iowa State Commerce Commission · 190 N.W.2d 583
Frazier v. Manson · 176 Conn. 638
Doe v. Institute of Living, Inc. · 175 Conn. 49
State v. McCahill · 261 Conn. 492
Liistro v. Robinson · 170 Conn. 116
State v. Long · 268 Conn. 508
State v. DellaCamera · 166 Conn. 557
Board of Education v. Bakalis · 299 N.E.2d 737
Roan v. Connecticut Industrial Building Commission · 150 Conn. 333
Spears v. Honda · 449 P.2d 130
Chittenden Town School District v. Department of Education · 738 A.2d 539
State Ex Rel. Hughes v. Board of Education · 174 S.E.2d 711
Town of Waterford v. Connecticut State Board of Education · 148 Conn. 238
State v. Menillo · 171 Conn. 141
United Church of Christ v. Town of West Hartford · 206 Conn. 711
Honulik v. Town of Greenwich · 980 A.2d 845
Griswold Inn, Inc. v. State · 183 Conn. 552
Epeldi v. Engelking · 488 P.2d 860
Members of the Jamestown School Committee v. Schmidt · 405 A.2d 16

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