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Dowling v. Slotnik

Citations

  • 244 Conn. 781
  • 712 A.2d 396
  • 1998 Conn. LEXIS 169

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that IRCA does not diminish state’s authority to award workers’ compensation benefits to undocumented alien workers
  • holding that IRCA does not diminish state's authority to award workers' compensation benefits to undocumented alien workers
  • observing that workers' compensation benefits could not be construed as sanctions in rejecting IRCA preemption challenge to their award
  • observing that workers’ compensation benefits could not be construed as sanctions in rejecting IRCA preemption challenge to their award
  • recognizing the long-standing equitable principle of in pari delicto as grounds for refusing to recognize the validity of a contract whose inherent purpose was to violate the law
  • stating the court would not lend assistance to carry out terms of a contract with the inherent purpose to violate the law

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Judges: Callahan, McDonald

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