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Beware Of Elites Bearing Gun Control Theories

Friday, January 18, 2013  |  by Karen Lee Torre

I paraphrase one of Justice Clarence Thomas's best lines, a most devastating rebuke of the largely white liberal/lawyer/judicial class whose pretensions and pontifications about racial preferences conceal what is in actuality soft racism.

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Coollick v. Hughes

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Monday, December 3, 2012

On a motion for summary judgment, a court can dismiss a claim based on qualified immunity, if an official establishes no rational jury could conclude: 1.) that the official violated a statutory or constitutional right; and 2.) that the right was clearly established at the time of the challenged conduct.

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Gross v. Rell

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Monday, November 19, 2012

Individuals and actors can be entitled to quasi-judicial immunity from suit, to protect the judicial process.

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Veterans Say Contract Law Being Ignored

Friday, November 2, 2012  |  by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY

Douglas Fleming, a Navy veteran from Chaplin who was wounded while serving in Libya in the 1980s, wants a law that reserves contracts for wounded veterans to be followed.

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McGee v. Vazquez

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Monday, October 8, 2012

A court can find that the votes in an election were not counted correctly and publish the corrected count.

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Feud With Bridgewater First Selectman Flares Into Federal Case

Monday, September 24, 2012  |  by ROBIN DeMERELL

Attorney Paul Garlasco, who practices in New Milford, and his wife owned property in Bridgewater where they wanted to build a home. But the parcel was landlocked ? that is, had no direct street access ? and so they needed a zoning variance to build the house and a driveway to it.

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CBA Votes To Join DOMA Brief

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  |  by JAY STAPLETON

Connecticut Bar Association leaders have voted in favor of joining an amicus brief in support of federal benefits for same-sex couples, a decision that has drawn mixed reactions from CBA members.