Eldridge v. Eldridge

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming contempt finding but reversing attorney's fees award that was based on contempt finding
• contempt “ ‘may be founded solely upon some clear and express direction of the court’ ”
• \[a]n order of the court must be obeyed until it has been modified or successfully challenged\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• “The clean hands doctrine is applied not for the protection of the parties but for the protection of the court.” (quotations omitted)
• husband found in contempt for withholding alimony payments when he believed he was due credit for previous overpayments
• parties cannot resort to self-help by deciding unilaterally to withhold alimony payments

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Jewett v. Jewett
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-09-09· cited 76×
• Thompson v. Orcutt
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-08-07· cited 63×
• Sablosky v. Sablosky
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-12-11· cited 58×
• AvalonBay Communities, Inc. v. Plan & Zoning Commission
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-05-21· cited 58×
• State v. Michael J.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-07-05· cited 53×
• Berglass v. Berglass
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2002-08-27· cited 42×
• O'Brien v. O'Brien
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2017-06-27· cited 37×
• State v. Askew
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-07-14· cited 37×
• In re Jeffrey C.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-07-30· cited 29×
• Auerbach v. Auerbach
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2009-03-24· cited 28×
• Boisvert v. Gavis
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2019-07-02· cited 28×
• Szczerkowski v. Karmelowicz
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2000-10-17· cited 22×
• Gabriel v. Gabriel
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2016-12-28· cited 21×
• State v. Ryder
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-08-09· cited 20×
• In re Jeffrey C.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2001-06-26· cited 20×
• Edmond v. Foisey
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2008-12-23· cited 19×
• Bruno v. Bruno
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2013-10-01· cited 19×
• Culver v. Culver
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-03-15· cited 16×
• State v. Holmes
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-07-31· cited 16×
• Esposito v. Esposito
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2002-08-27· cited 16×

Cites

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

• Borkowski v. Borkowski
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-03-15· cited 184×
• Connolly v. Connolly
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-09-13· cited 149×
• Stamford Hospital v. Vega
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-04-16· cited 126×
• Sanchione v. Sanchione
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-08-16· cited 125×
• Papa v. New Haven Federation of Teachers
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-04-27· cited 117×
• Ullmann v. State
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-09· cited 107×
• DiPalma v. Wiesen
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-06-26· cited 83×
• Newman v. Newman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-08-15· cited 81×
• Jaconski v. AMF, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-07-12· cited 76×
• Tomasso Bros. v. October Twenty-Four, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-09· cited 73×
• Pappas v. Pappas
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-01-18· cited 70×
• Red Rooster Construction Co. v. River Associates, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-02-09· cited 65×
• Mallory v. Mallory
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-04-05· cited 64×
• Favrow v. Vargas
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-16· cited 60×
• Schult v. Schult
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-22· cited 56×
• Commissioner of Health Services v. Youth Challenge of Greater Hartford, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-07-23· cited 55×
• Marcil v. Marcil
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1985-07-02· cited 55×
• Friedlander v. Friedlander
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-08-09· cited 51×
• Banks v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-15· cited 47×
• Mays v. Mays
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-05-22· cited 45×