Legal Opinion
Ganim v. Smith & Wesson Corp.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided October 9, 2001No. SC 16465PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BORDEN, J.
The dispositive issue of this appeal is whether the plaintiffs, a Connecticut municipality and *316its mayor, have standing to assert the various causes of action that they have alleged against the defendants, who are various firearms manufacturers, trade associations and retail sellers.1 The plaintiffs, the city of Bridgeport and its mayor, Joseph P. Ganim, in his official *317capacity, appeal* 2 from the judgment of the trial court granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss their claims for lack of standing. The plaintiffs claim that they have standing: (1) under General Statutes §…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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- Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of BellwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Maximo HILAO, Class Plaintiffs, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ESTATE OF Ferdinand MARCOS, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- William Barnes v. The American Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by82 opinions
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- Fort Trumbull Conservancy, LLC v. AlvesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- District of Columbia v. Beretta, U.S.A., Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005
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