Bender v. Bender

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• describing the underlying petition as seeking an order directing the execution of a real estate purchase contract
• upholding trial court’s finding that party had not demonstrated duress or procedural unconscionability where he had only offered testimony that he felt “pressured” to sign agreement
• finding “strong evidence” of mutual assent where defendants signed and initialed in multiple places
• “[t]he test to determine ambiguity is whether the statute, when read in context, is susceptible to more than one reasonable interpretation” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• “[w]hether parties are mistaken about a material term of a contract is a question of fact, and therefore subject to review under the clearly erroneous standard”
• “[U]pon the death of an owner of real property, title to the decedent's property passes to his or her heirs.’’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. FERNANDO A.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-11-03· cited 74×
• Macdermid, Inc. v. Leonetti
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2018-05-15· cited 37×
• D'ANTUONO v. Service Road Corp.
  D. Connecticut· 2011-05-25· cited 30×
• Landmark Investment Group, LLC v. Chung Family Realty Partnership, LLC
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2010-12-28· cited 19×
• Tarpon Bay Partners LLC v. Zerez Holdings Corporation
  Second Circuit· 2023-08-11· cited 14×
• Fuller v. Fuller
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2010-02-02· cited 12×
• State v. Kallberg
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2017-06-13· cited 12×
• McKenna v. Delente
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2010-08-10· cited 10×
• Milford Bank v. Phoenix Contracting Group, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2013-06-25· cited 10×
• Zhou v. Zhang
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2020-02-11· cited 8×
• NIPMUC PROPERTIES, LLC v. City of Meriden
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-08-23· cited 6×
• Warner v. Bicknell
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-02-15· cited 6×
• Digiuseppe v. Digiuseppe
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2017-07-25· cited 6×
• In re Severina D.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2012-07-17· cited 4×
• Rutherford v. Slagle
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2025-05-27· cited 3×
• In re Natalie S.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2016-05-05· cited 2×
• Powers v. Hiranandani
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2020-05-26· cited 2×
• Chugh v. Kalra
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2022-04-12· cited 2×
• Velasco v. Commissioner of Correction
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2022-09-06· cited 2×
• Buehler v. Buehler
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2022-03-22· cited 1×

Cites

55 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Cheshire Mortgage Service, Inc. v. Montes
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-06-30· cited 281×
• Ubysz v. DiPietro
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-07-28· cited 136×
• Olson v. Accessory Controls & Equipment Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-08-08· cited 110×
• Chapman Lumber, Inc. v. Tager
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-07-22· cited 105×
• Glazer v. Dress Barn, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-06-07· cited 98×
• Texaco, Inc. v. Golart
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-03-08· cited 85×
• Powell v. Infinity Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2007-05-29· cited 81×
• Kerin v. Stangle
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-11-29· cited 76×
• Simmons v. Simmons
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-03-24· cited 72×
• Gaynor v. Payne
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-09-03· cited 67×
• AvalonBay Communities, Inc. v. Town of Orange
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-07-10· cited 66×
• George v. St. Ann's Church
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-11-11· cited 63×
• Satti v. Rago
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-03-02· cited 54×
• State v. Tabone
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-08-15· cited 53×
• Il Giardino, LLC v. Belle Haven Land Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-09-05· cited 52×
• Webster Bank v. Zak
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-03-26· cited 52×
• Kukanskis v. Jasut
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-07-01· cited 51×
• State v. Mullins
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-08-12· cited 47×
• Smith v. Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-12-29· cited 43×
• Palmer v. Hartford National Bank & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1971-02-23· cited 42×