Legal Opinion
Middlesex Theatre, Inc. v. Hickey
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 8, 1941PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtElls, J.
The plaintiffs appealed to the Superior Court from a decision of the commissioner of state police, who, on June 20, 1940, granted a certificate to operate an open air motion picture theatre with a seating capacity of nine hundred and eighty-eight persons, in the back yard of premises located on Main Street in Middletown, subject to carefully specified requirements relating to matters of public safety. He had previously, on July 28, 1939, upon a similar petition, rendered a decision that a certificate of approval would be issued for a capacity of three hundred persons, contingent upon similar…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- St. Patrick's Church Corporation v. DanielsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Rommell v. WalshSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- Torello v. Board of Zoning Appeals of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- Small v. Parkway Auto Supplies, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Terry v. Town of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1869
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Waterbury Savings Bank v. DanaherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- Hoffman v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- State v. TedescoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- Cicala v. Administrator, Unemployment Compensation ActSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- Carlson v. FisherConnecticut Appellate Court · 1989
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