Nielsen v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that plaintiffs’ action seeking to compel legislature to enact certain statutory definitions necessary to implement spending cap contemplated by adoption of article third, § 18, of state constitution was nonjusticiable
• court lacks power to compel legislature to define terms of state constitutional spending cap
• the mootness doctrine ensures that an actual controversy exists

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Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pamela B. v. Ment
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-03-31· cited 501×
• Sheff v. O'Neill
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-07-09· cited 97×
• Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, Inc. v. Rell
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-03-30· cited 72×
• Office of the Governor v. Select Committee of Inquiry
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-06-18· cited 46×
• Milford Power Co v. Alstom Power, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-05-20· cited 45×
• McCulloch v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance
  D. Connecticut· 2005-03-28· cited 31×
• State v. Sebastian
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-09-02· cited 25×
• 184 Windsor Avenue, LLC. v. State
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-07-05· cited 19×
• Board of Education v. Town & Borough
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-08-14· cited 19×
• Seymour v. Region One Board of Education
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-08-20· cited 18×
• 98 Lords Highway, LLC v. One Hundred Lords Highway, LLC
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2012-10-23· cited 15×
• Costantino v. Skolnick
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-02-16· cited 12×
• O'Halloran v. Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2001-05-15· cited 12×
• U.S. Bank National Assn. v. Rothermel.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2021-06-23· cited 5×
• Roger Sherman Liberty Center, Inc. v. Williams
  Connecticut Superior Court· 2011-06-27

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Baker v. Carr
  Supreme Court· 1962-03-26· cited 6,173×
• Horton v. Meskill
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-04-19· cited 383×
• Nixon v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-13· cited 369×
• State v. Nardini
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-05-11· cited 161×
• Adams v. Rubinow
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1968-11-20· cited 156×
• Pellegrino v. O'Neill
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-07-17· cited 85×
• Parker v. County of Los Angeles
  Supreme Court· 1949-12-05· cited 80×
• Spiegel, Inc. v. Whitaker
  Supreme Court· 1981-11-02· cited 65×
• Stolberg v. Caldwell
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-08-08· cited 57×
• State v. Sanabria
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-04-10· cited 44×
• Horton v. Meskill
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-01-15· cited 41×
• Fonfara v. Reapportionment Commission
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-05-26· cited 34×
• Stolberg v. Davidson
  Supreme Court· 1981-11-02· cited 33×
• Nielsen v. Kezer
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-01-31· cited 22×
• State Ex Rel. Cotter v. Leipner
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1951-07-30· cited 9×

Other cases named Nielsen v. State

10 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Nielsen v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-02-06· cited 17×
• Nielsen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-11-25· cited 13×
• Nielsen v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2018-12-03· cited 11×
• Nielsen v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-12-30· cited 7×
• Nielsen v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-05-15· cited 3×
• Nielsen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-09-08
• Nielsen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-01-31
• Nielsen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-02-17
• Nielsen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-02-20
• Nielsen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-02-20