Legal Opinion

Sassone v. Lepore

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided August 3, 1993No. 14693PublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the prejudgment remedy statutes, General Statutes §§ 52-278c and 52-278d,2 are unconstitutional *775on their face because they permit a prejudgment attachment without expressly requiring the applicant to post a bond or other security. The plaintiffs, Robert Sassone and Total Home Inspection Associates, Inc.,3 applied for a prejudgment remedy in conjunction with their complaint that the defendants, Richard Lepore and Total Home Inspection, Inc.,4 had failed to honor a covenant not to compete. Without holding an evidentiary hearing, the trial court…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Connecticut v. DoehrSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Zapata v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
  5. Mahoney v. LensinkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990

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3Cited by74 opinions

  1. Parsons v. United Technologies Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
  2. Peter-Michael, Inc. v. Sea Shell AssociatesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
  3. Waters v. AutuoriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  4. Bloom v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  5. Brian Majors v. Marsha AbellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003

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