Sosa v. Leggett & Platt, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• contrasting development of Connecticut case law with development of federal case law
• contrasting development of Connecticut case law with development of federal case law
• this court has always ‘‘relied upon the reasonable possibility of future adverse collateral consequences to avoid a dismissal on moot- ness grounds’’
• litigant invoking collateral consequences doctrine ‘‘must show that there is a reasonable possibility that prejudicial collateral consequences will occur’’
• under Spen- cer, when defendant is challenging revocation of parole, he must ‘‘demonstrate the actual existence of collateral consequences’’
• “courts are called upon to determine existing controversies, and . . . may not be used as a vehicle to obtain advisory judicial opinions on points of law”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).