Busker v. United Illuminating Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “The essential elements of this cause of action are: (1) the defendant’s conduct was tortious in that it was fraudulent; and (2
• claim of fraudulent deprivation of opportunity to earn commission
• real estate broker who would have earned commission by selling a home to adjacent power company must prove by clear and convincing evidence that power company fraudulently obtained address of homeowner by promising to deal through the broker, and then approached homeowner directly
• action for fraudulent interference with business expectancy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dunham v. Dunham
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-07-07· cited 301×
• Larsen Chelsey Realty Co. v. Larsen
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-04-04· cited 257×
• Blake v. Levy
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-08-30· cited 247×
• Alaimo v. Royer
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-08-10· cited 198×
• Gaudio v. Griffin Health Services Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-07-20· cited 186×
• Sportsmen's Boating Corp. v. Hensley
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-04-17· cited 165×
• Novella v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-07-27· cited 158×
• Dacey v. Connecticut Bar Assn.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1976-04-06· cited 128×
• Konover Development Corp. v. Zeller
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-01-04· cited 123×
• DeLuca v. C. W. Blakeslee & Sons, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-04-10· cited 86×
• Kecko Piping Co. v. Town of Monroe
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-01-04· cited 56×
• Goldstar Medical Services, Inc. v. Department of Social Services
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-09-23· cited 56×
• State v. DeJesus
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-03-05· cited 54×
• Jones v. O'CONNELL
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-04-05· cited 52×
• Hally v. Hospital of St. Raphael
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-02-02· cited 51×
• Freeman v. Alamo Management Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-04-21· cited 51×
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Napert-Boyer Partnership
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1996-02-27· cited 46×
• Gorra Realty, Inc. v. Jetmore
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-06-10· cited 42×
• Revere Real Estate, Inc. v. Cerato
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-01-19· cited 34×
• American Diamond Exchange, Inc. v. Alpert
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2007-05-08· cited 32×