Legal Opinion
Moran v. Bens
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 6, 1956PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin-, J.
The plaintiffs, taxpayers in the town of Cheshire, sought a judgment in the Superior Court declaring “An Act Establishing a Police Department in the Town of Cheshire” (27 Spec. Laws 52) unconstitutional and void and that all action taken pursuant to it was illegal. They asked for an injunction to restrain the police commissioners and the police officers appointed by the commissioners from doing anything further and to restrain the selectmen and the town treasurer from paying out any town funds in consequence of this legislation. The court rendered a judgment which in effect sustained the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sanger v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- Cyphers v. AllynSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- Tuohey v. MartinjakSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
- State Ex Rel. Wallen v. HatchSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- Southern New England Ice Co. v. Town of West HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Hurlbut v. LemelinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Manchester Environmental Coalition v. StocktonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
- Pizzola v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- Beccia v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
- Patterson v. DempseySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
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