Legal Opinion
Starr v. Commissioner of Environmental Protection
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 30, 1996No. 15234PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKatz, J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the plaintiff, Susan S. Starr, acquired a polluted 44.3 acre parcel of land by inheritance, thereby making her an innocent landowner pursuant to General Statutes § 22a-452d.
The following facts and procedural history are undisputed. On February 23, 1976, the plaintiffs husband, S. Leger Starr (decedent), died leaving a will that named the plaintiff the executrix of his estate. The will created two trusts, a marital trust and a residuary trust. The decedent’s will gave the plaintiff the discretion to distribute into one of the two trusts what…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- West Hartford Interfaith Coalition, Inc. v. Town CouncilSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- United Parcel Service, Inc. v. AdministratorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Connecticut State Medical Society v. Connecticut Board of ExaminersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Lieberman v. State Board of Labor RelationsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Starr v. Commissioner of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Marone v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. Texas-Ohio Power, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- City of Hartford v. Hartford Municipal Employees Ass'nSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Longley v. State Employees Retirement CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Cannata v. Department of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
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