State v. Lester

How courts have described this case

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

• if ‘‘an appellant challenges a trial court’s adverse ruling, but does not challenge all indepen- dent bases for that ruling, the appeal is moot’’
• ‘‘[i]n determin- ing mootness, the dispositive question is whether a suc- cessful appeal would benefit the plaintiff or defendant in any way’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• claim is moot where appellant fails to challenge basis of trial court’s adverse ruling

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Macdermid, Inc. v. Leonetti
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2018-05-15· cited 37×
• Town of Middlebury v. Conn. Siting Council
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2017-06-27· cited 14×
• Wahba v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2020-10-20· cited 5×
• Windsor Federal Savings & Loan Assn. v. Reliable Mechanical Contractors, LLC
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2017-08-22· cited 4×
• State v. Wright
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2025-09-16· cited 4×
• Benchmark Municipal Tax Services, Ltd. v. Greenwood Manor, LLC
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2019-11-19· cited 3×
• State v. Marsala
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2021-05-11· cited 3×
• State v. Carter
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2019-11-05· cited 2×
• Sobel v. Commissioner of Revenue Services
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2019-11-19· cited 2×
• State v. Cicarella
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2021-04-13· cited 2×
• Fairfield Shores, LLC v. DeSalvo
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2021-06-01· cited 2×
• State v. Council
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2022-07-26· cited 1×
• Peterson v. Torrington
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2020-02-25
• Bongiorno v. J & G Realty, LLC
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2022-03-22
• Brennan v. Waterbury
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2024-09-24
• K. S. v. R. S.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2024-11-13

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Nardini
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-05-11· cited 161×
• State v. McElveen
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-08-06· cited 84×
• Putman v. Kennedy
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-07-18· cited 73×
• Ayala v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-02-20· cited 57×
• Lyon v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-05-05· cited 54×
• In re William D.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2007-11-13· cited 36×
• In Re William D.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2006-09-19· cited 17×
• Hechtman v. Savitsky
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2001-04-10· cited 14×