Legal Opinion · Dissent

Holmes v. Holmes

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided August 3, 1993No. 11424Published

1DissentLavery, J.

We should in our jurisprudence, as much as possible, elevate substance over form. In this case, we have an opportunity, with two important substantive questions to be answered, to choose between two rules, one that allows us to remand *324the case for articulation and one that, under case law interpretation, would have us not review and affirm for lack of record. I would choose to remand for articulation so that we may decide the important substantive questions. Therefore, I respectfully dissent.

The following facts set forth in the pleadings are undisputed. The plaintiff, Peter Holmes, is the son…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Solomon v. AbermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
  2. Phillips v. WardenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
  3. Walton v. Town of New HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
  4. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
  5. Scherr v. ScherrSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981

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