Town of West Hartford v. Talcott

How courts have described this case

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

• ‘‘[n]ecessary, in legislative [a]cts according the right of eminent domain, does not mean an absolute or indispensable necessity, but only that the taking provided for is reasonably necessary’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• ‘‘[n]ecessary, in legislative [a]cts according the right of eminent domain, does not mean an absolute or indispensable necessity, but only that the taking provided for is reasonably necessary’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• in eminent domain context, “necessary” means only that taking is reasonably necessary
• acquisition of land for school site

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).