DeFonce Construction Corp. v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• no part of legislative enactment is to be treated as insignificant or unnecessary
• no liberty interest arises from brief foster care relationships

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sanzone v. Board of Police Commissioners
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-06-11· cited 365×
• White v. Burns
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-01-02· cited 270×
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Peabody, N.E., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-08-20· cited 205×
• Scrapchansky v. Town of Plainfield
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-07-13· cited 132×
• In re Nicolina T.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1987-02-10· cited 132×
• Caltabiano v. Planning & Zoning Commission
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-06-27· cited 124×
• City of Norwich v. Silverberg
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-07-08· cited 118×
• Caulkins v. Petrillo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-05· cited 112×
• Rawling v. City of New Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-01-26· cited 108×
• Rhodes v. City of Hartford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-12· cited 104×
• State v. Delossantos
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-05-23· cited 101×
• Lussier v. Department of Transportation
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-01-25· cited 93×
• Aspiazu v. Orgera
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-12-29· cited 91×
• State v. Kozlowski
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-05-20· cited 87×
• Skinner v. Angliker
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-05-30· cited 83×
• Chrysler Corp. v. Maiocco
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-01-17· cited 65×
• Transportation Plaza Associates v. Powers
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-05-05· cited 50×
• Beloff v. Progressive Casualty Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-03-31· cited 48×
• Glastonbury Co. v. Gillies
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-11-15· cited 47×
• Windham Taxpayers Ass'n v. Board of Selectmen
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-08-01· cited 46×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Peck v. Jacquemin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-04-23· cited 200×
• Spring v. Constantino
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-06-10· cited 126×
• Dukes v. Durante
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-02-07· cited 94×
• Colli v. Real Estate Commission
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-09-02· cited 78×
• State v. Parmalee
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-08-06· cited 73×
• State v. Campbell
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-05-13· cited 60×
• Town of Winchester v. Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-07-11· cited 54×
• State v. Tyler-Barcomb
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-12-03· cited 54×
• Berger, Lehman Associates, Inc. v. State
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-07-17· cited 46×
• Eastern Connecticut Cable Television, Inc. v. Town of Montville
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-04-29· cited 21×