Steiger v. J. S. Builders, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding trial court abused its discretion by failing to consider all reasonableness factors in finding amount of attorney’s fees
• applying to Conn. Gen.Stat. § 42-110g(d) factors articulated in connection with 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
• adopting list of factors to be considered by trial court if it determines plaintiff is entitled to attorney’s fees, costs in unfair trade practices litigation
• construing Practice Book § 367, the predecessor to the applicable Practice Book § 17-34
• ‘‘the trial court applied the wrong standard in calculating the award of attorney’s fees’’ after default judgment was entered against defendants
• \There must be some reasonable relationship to the end result and the attorney's fees\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. James
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-06-25· cited 112×
• Thames River Recycling, Inc. v. Gallo
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1998-11-03· cited 83×
• Sorrentino v. All Seasons Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-08-04· cited 43×
• Lawson v. Whitey's Frame Shop
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1996-08-20· cited 35×
• Jacques All Trades Corp. v. Brown
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2000-04-04· cited 32×
• Jacques All Trades Corp. v. Brown
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1996-07-09· cited 31×
• Jones v. Ippoliti
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1999-03-16· cited 27×
• Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Owen
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2005-05-10· cited 21×
• Chambers v. Manning
  D. Connecticut· 1996-08-22· cited 18×
• Esposito v. Esposito
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2002-08-27· cited 16×
• New England Rock Services, Inc. v. Empire Paving, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1999-06-15· cited 15×
• Bristol Technology, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.
  D. Connecticut· 2000-11-03· cited 12×
• Premium Freight Mgmt., LLC v. PM Engineered Solutions, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2018-10-10· cited 10×
• Riggio v. Orkin Exterminating Co.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2000-06-20· cited 9×
• ACMAT Corp. v. Greater New York Mutual Insurance
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2005-04-12· cited 7×
• Rodriguez v. Ancona
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2005-03-22· cited 7×
• Bobhic Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Carrabba Ob-Gyn Associates, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1997-04-15· cited 7×
• Francini v. Riggione
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2019-10-01· cited 6×
• MedValUSA Health Programs, Inc. v. MemberWorks, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2008-07-22· cited 5×
• Charts v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
  D. Connecticut· 2005-10-25· cited 4×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-01-21· cited 3,561×
• Hinchliffe v. American Motors Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-07-21· cited 298×
• Kimberly-Clark Corp. v. Dubno
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-06-16· cited 159×
• Smith v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Greenwich
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-10· cited 157×
• Gargano v. Heyman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-05-26· cited 150×
• Bowman v. 1477 Central Avenue Apartments, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-04-21· cited 86×
• Hartford Division, Emhart Industries, Inc. v. Amalgamated Local Union 376
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-06-14· cited 84×
• Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Rubin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-12-27· cited 83×
• Alex Clark, John T. Magee, and Robert Turner v. American Marine Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-02-10· cited 75×
• Clement v. Clement
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1994-06-14· cited 59×
• Hernandez v. Monterey Village Associates Ltd. Partnership
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1991-04-30· cited 19×
• Nielsen v. Wisniewski
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1993-07-20· cited 18×
• Kelman v. McDonald
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1991-04-09· cited 12×
• Naughton v. Hager
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1992-09-15· cited 7×