Wright Bros. Builders, Inc. v. Dowling

How courts have described this case

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

• underlying purpose of Home Improvement Act is to provide “public with a form of consumer protection against unscrupulous home improvement contractors”
• legislative history of General Statutes § 20-429 indicated that “technically perfect compliance with each subdivision” is not required
• strict construction of the HIA, a remedial statute, does not require perfect or ritualistic compliance with its mandates
• “[i]n construing § 20-429 [a], this court consistently has held that the requirements of that section are mandatory and that a contractor is precluded from enforcing a home improvement contract that does not satisfy its requirements”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Courchesne
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-03-11· cited 204×
• State v. Salmon
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-08-10· cited 115×
• Meadows v. Higgins
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-06-01· cited 78×
• Mack v. LaValley
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1999-10-05· cited 39×
• Hees v. Burke Construction Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-01-06· cited 35×
• State v. Ehlers
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-03-28· cited 34×
• Economos v. Liljedahl Bros., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-08-08· cited 26×
• Morales v. Pentec, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2000-04-18· cited 22×
• Brennan v. Town of Fairfield
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2000-06-13· cited 21×
• Biller Associates v. Rte. 156 Realty Co.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1999-02-23· cited 20×
• Meribear Productions, Inc. v. Frank
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2021-09-22· cited 16×
• New Milford Savings Bank v. Jajer
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1999-03-02· cited 16×
• New England Custom Concrete, LLC v. Carbone
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2007-07-24· cited 15×
• D' Angelo Development & Construction Co. v. Cordovano
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-05-16· cited 15×
• MJM Landscaping, Inc. v. Lorant
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-04-13· cited 14×
• Kronberg Bros. v. Steele
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2002-09-03· cited 14×
• State v. Wallace
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2000-02-29· cited 13×
• ANDY'S OIL SERVICE, INC. v. Hobbs
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2010-12-28· cited 12×
• MacMillan v. Higgins
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2003-04-15· cited 11×
• Walpole Woodworkers, Inc. v. Manning
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-01-18· cited 9×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Liljedahl Bros. v. Grigsby
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-12· cited 572×
• Habetz v. Condon
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-12-22· cited 283×
• Wadia Enterprises, Inc. v. Hirschfeld
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-12-22· cited 277×
• Barrett Builders v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-12· cited 169×
• Conway v. Town of Wilton
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-08-06· cited 154×
• Jefferson Garden Associates v. Greene
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-01-27· cited 119×
• A. Secondino & Son, Inc. v. LoRicco
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-12· cited 118×
• Caulkins v. Petrillo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-05· cited 112×
• Rizzo Pool Co. v. Del Grosso
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-04-11· cited 95×
• Sidney v. DeVries
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-12· cited 68×
• State v. Ledbetter
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-04-15· cited 61×
• Doe v. City of Stamford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-22· cited 41×
• Crandall v. Gould
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-04-28· cited 21×
• Wright Bros. Builders, Inc. v. Dowling
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1997-06-03· cited 1×

Other cases named Wright Bros. Builders, Inc. v. Dowling

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Wright Bros. Builders, Inc. v. Dowling
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1997-06-03· cited 1×
• Wright Bros. Builders, Inc. v. Dowling
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-29