State Supreme Court / Conn.

State v. Nelson

Decided March 6, 1940. George Elijah Hinman wrote the opinion for the court.

11 A.2d 856 · Cited 77 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.

Jacobson v. Massachusetts · 197 U.S. 11
James Everard's Breweries v. Day · 265 U.S. 545
State v. Faro · 171 A. 660
Murphy v. Way · 141 A. 858
In Re Kemmler · 136 U.S. 436
Noble State Bank v. Haskell · 219 U.S. 104
Crowley v. Christensen · 137 U.S. 86
Engel v. O'MALLEY · 219 U.S. 128
Graves v. Minnesota · 272 U.S. 425
House v. Mayes · 219 U.S. 270

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Forman Schools, Inc. v. Town of Litchfield · 54 A.2d 710
State v. Griswold · 151 Conn. 544
Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479
Pierce v. Albanese · 144 Conn. 241
Johnson v. Manson · 196 Conn. 309
State v. Taylor · 70 S.W.3d 717
Herald Publishing Co. v. Bill · 142 Conn. 53
Ralston Purina Co. v. Board of Tax Review of Franklin · 203 Conn. 425
Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. Walsh · 57 A.2d 128
M. Dematteo Construction Co. v. City of New London · 236 Conn. 710
Houston v. Warden · 169 Conn. 247
Bailey v. Mars · 138 Conn. 593
Liistro v. Robinson · 170 Conn. 116
Cyphers v. Allyn · 142 Conn. 699
State v. Baker · 195 Conn. 598
State v. Avcollie · 174 Conn. 100
Enquist v. General Datacom · 218 Conn. 19
State Ex Rel. Kennedy v. Frauwirth · 167 Conn. 165
Mancinone v. Warden · 162 Conn. 430
Gunther v. Board of Zoning Appeals · 71 A.2d 91
State Ex Rel. Hughes v. Cleveland · 141 P.2d 192
Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar v. Printz · 416 S.E.2d 720

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