Legal Opinion
Tedesco v. City of Stamford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 26, 1990No. 13813PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShea, J.
The plaintiff, Benjamin Tedesco, brought a complaint that included a 42 U.S.C. § 19831 claim for damages against the defendant,2 the city of Stamford, *452for violation of the plaintiffs procedural due process rights in terminating him from his employment. The trial court found in favor of the plaintiff and awarded him damages and attorney’s fees pursuant to § 1983. The defendant appealed the judgment to the Appellate Court, claiming that the trial court erred in concluding that the plaintiff’s amended complaint stated a cause of action under § 1983. The Appellate Court, in Tedesco v. Stamford,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Pembaur v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- City of St. Louis v. PraprotnikSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Web Press Services Corp. v. New London Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
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3Cited by77 opinions
- Parsons v. United Technologies Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- Doe v. Yale UniversitySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- Normand Josef Enterprises, Inc. v. Connecticut National BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Tedesco v. City of StamfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Hillman v. Town of GreenwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
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