Legal Opinion
America's Wholesale Lender v. Pagano
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 15, 2005No. AC 24447PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DRANGINIS, J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether a corporation that brings an action solely in its trade name, without the corporation itself being named as a party, has standing so as to confer jurisdiction on the court. We conclude that, because a trade name is not an entity with legal capacity to sue, the corporation has no standing to litigate the merits of the case. We, therefore, reverse the judgment of the trial court.
The following facts and procedural history are relevant to our disposition of this appeal. On January 22, 2001, the defendant Gail M. Pagano1 executed…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Poe v. UllmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Statewide Grievance Committee v. RozbickiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Buxton v. UllmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
- Andover LP I v. Board of Tax ReviewSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Lussier v. Department of TransportationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Coldwell Banker Manning Realty, Inc. v. Cushman & Wakefield of Connecticut, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2012
- America's Wholesale Lender v. SilbersteinConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
- Pacheco v. JOSEPH McMAHON CORPORATIONDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2010
- TicketNetwork, Inc. v. DarbouzeDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2015
- ANDREONI v. Forest City Enterprises, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 2009
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