Legal Opinion

Norwalk Vault Co. of Bridgeport, Inc. v. Mountain Grove Cemetery Ass'n

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided May 20, 1980PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCotter, C. J.

These consolidated cases were instituted on behalf of eight vault manufacturing companies, a burial vault manufacturers’ association, six funeral directors, two funeral director associations, and two private individuals who own plots located in the cemetery property owned by the defendant Mountain Grove Cemetery Association (hereinafter Mountain Grove). The complaints in *682both, actions contain identical allegations that the defendant is engaged in the sale, for profit, of burial vaults and that such activity is “unlawful, unreasonable and against public policy,” for the alleged reasons, inter…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Laurel Hill Cemetery v. City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. Capen v. PeckhamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1868
  3. Connecticut College v. CalvertSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
  4. People Ex Rel. Paxton v. Bloomington Cemetery Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1933
  5. Lesser v. Bridgeport-City Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1938

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Waterbury Petroleum Products, Inc. v. Canaan Oil & Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
  2. Ryszkiewicz v. City of New BritainSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
  3. In Re SpanoUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 1993
  4. C. White & Son, Inc. v. Town of Rocky HillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980

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