Collins v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• ‘‘[w]e assume no right to add a new term to a contract’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• in construing contract, court cannot disregard words used by parties or revise, add to, or create new agreement
• in construing contract, court cannot disregard words used by parties or revise, add to, or create new agreement
• “It is the general rule that competent persons shall have the utmost liberty of contracting and that their agreements, voluntarily and fairly made, shall be held valid and enforced in the courts.”
• “interpretation of a contract must be made in accordance with the terms employed in the instrument and a court cannot by that means disregard the words used by the parties or revise, add to, or create a new agreement”
• “interpretation of a contract must be made in accordance with the terms employed in the instrument and a court cannot by that means disregard the words used by the parties or revise, add to, or create a new agreement”

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Cited by

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

• Peter-Michael, Inc. v. Sea Shell Associates
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-03-31· cited 734×
• Sturman v. Socha
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-08-09· cited 231×
• Barnard v. Barnard
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-02-27· cited 196×
• Water & Way Properties v. Colt's Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-09· cited 156×
• Saphir v. Neustadt
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-04-03· cited 146×
• Levine v. Massey
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-02-21· cited 144×
• McCutcheon & Burr, Inc. v. Berman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-05-07· cited 126×
• Wards Company, Inc. v. Stamford Ridgeway Associates and Trim Fashions, Inc., Stamford Ridgeway Associates
  Second Circuit· 1985-05-03· cited 113×
• Robert Lawrence Associates, Inc. v. Del Vecchio
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-06-19· cited 100×
• Conference Center Ltd. v. TRC—The Research Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-02-08· cited 99×
• Hatcho Corp. v. Della Pietra
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-01-15· cited 96×
• Herbert S. Newman & Partners, P.C. v. CFC Construction Ltd. Partnership
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-04-30· cited 96×
• Jay Realty, Inc. v. Ahearn Development Corporation
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-01-11· cited 75×
• Heyman v. CBS, INC.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-07-03· cited 68×
• Lonergan v. Connecticut Food Store, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-03-18· cited 67×
• Rostenberg-Doern Co. v. Weiner
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1989-01-10· cited 65×
• Fidelity Bank v. Krenisky
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2002-10-01· cited 64×
• Pesino v. Atlantic Bank of New York
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-03-17· cited 59×
• Crews v. Crews
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-03-16· cited 55×
• Central New Haven Development Corporation v. La Crepe, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-04-03· cited 48×

Other cases named Collins v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Collins v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-01-02· cited 6×