State v. Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton

How courts have described this case

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

• treating a claim of mootness more appropriately as a claim of collateral estoppel
• ‘‘the question of whether a defendant maintains control over property sufficient to subject him to [public] nuisance liability normally is a jury question’’
• defendants must exercise control over the property that is the source of the nuisance
• continuity and unreasonable use of land are necessary elements of nuisance
• trial court did not err in refusing to submit nuisance claim to jury, where no evidence to suggest defendant had control over land, even if pleadings considered in light most favorable to plaintiff
• control as an element of nuisance is a question of fact

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Elliott v. City of Waterbury
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-07-14· cited 222×
• Zapata v. Burns
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-05-17· cited 195×
• Doe v. Manheimer
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-08-22· cited 190×
• Starr v. Commissioner of Environmental Protection
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-07-06· cited 131×
• Quinnett v. Newman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-01-02· cited 129×
• Pestey v. Cushman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-02-05· cited 113×
• Rawling v. City of New Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-01-26· cited 108×
• Keeney v. Town of Old Saybrook
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-05-21· cited 93×
• Tomasso Bros. v. October Twenty-Four, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-02-18· cited 82×
• R & R Pool & Patio, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-08-14· cited 53×
• Housing Authority v. Lamothe
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-06-08· cited 42×
• New London Federal Savings Bank v. Tucciarone
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1998-03-17· cited 42×
• Walsh v. Town of Stonington Water Pollution Control Authority
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-08-24· cited 41×
• Sobocinski v. Freedom of Information Commission
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-11-28· cited 35×
• Doty v. Shawmut Bank
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2000-06-27· cited 33×
• Lomangino v. LaChance Farms, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1989-02-07· cited 30×
• Caltabiano v. Phillips
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1990-09-18· cited 27×
• Heritage Village Master Ass'n v. Heritage Village Water Co.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1993-03-23· cited 27×
• Vernon Village, Inc. v. Gottier
  D. Connecticut· 1990-12-18· cited 21×
• Town of West Hartford v. Operation Rescue
  D. Connecticut· 1989-09-21· cited 18×

Cites

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

• Ashe v. Swenson
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 4,277×
• Finley v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-01-27· cited 261×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-10· cited 192×
• Sestito v. City of Groton
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-07-31· cited 168×
• Lukas v. City of New Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-05-12· cited 139×
• Wright v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-01-14· cited 128×
• Filisko v. Bridgeport Hydraulic Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-08-29· cited 113×
• State v. Fritz
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-06-23· cited 98×
• Bleich v. Ortiz
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-06-18· cited 90×
• Kostyal v. Cass
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-05-11· cited 82×
• Shays v. Local Grievance Committee
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-11-05· cited 72×
• Hartford Principals' & Supervisors' Ass'n v. Shedd
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-03-10· cited 66×
• Peterson v. Town of Oxford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-04-26· cited 61×
• Chazen v. City of New Britain
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1961-05-02· cited 48×
• Kurtigian v. City of Worcester
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-01-04· cited 48×
• Bentley v. Dynarski
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1962-12-04· cited 34×
• Dingwell v. Town of Litchfield
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1985-08-06· cited 31×
• Stemen v. Coffman
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1979-08-27· cited 21×
• Brennan v. Town of West Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1964-06-23· cited 19×
• Marchitto v. Town of West Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1963-04-02· cited 18×