Legal Opinion
Town of New Hartford v. Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 19, 2009No. SC 18110PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DiPENTIMA, J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the named defendant, Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority,1 has standing to challenge the amount of the attorney’s fees awarded to the counsel for the plaintiffs, a certified class of seventy municipalities.2 The plaintiffs commenced an action following the defendant’s ill-fated loan of $220 million to Enron Power Marketing, Inc., a subsidiary of Enron Corporation (collectively Enron). The court rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs on its breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims, awarding a constructive…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human ResourcesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Town of New Hartford v. Connecticut Resources Recovery AuthoritySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- Bender v. BenderSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- RMS Residential Properties, LLC v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2011
- Town of New Hartford v. Connecticut Resources Recovery AuthoritySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- Massey v. TOWN OF BRANFORDConnecticut Appellate Court · 2010
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