Real Estate / Commercial Leasing / Landlord / Tenant
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Independent Outdoor III LLC v. Hartford Planning and Zoning Commission
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Monday, May 13, 2013
A plaintiff that possesses a 20-year lease for a billboard can be aggrieved as a result of a planning and zoning commission decision to deny an application to amend zoning regulations, to reduce the amount of separation between billboards.
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PWH LLP v. Fore
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Monday, May 13, 2013
A tenant who suffers from autism and receives Social Security disability benefits may not be evicted on the basis of lapse of time, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §47a-23c.
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RKG Management, LLC v. Roswell Sedona Associates, Inc.
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Although the Connecticut Supreme Court has not explicitly cloaked the right of cross-examination in the civil context in constitutional raiment, dicta from one opinion points in that direction and, whether constitutional or not, the teaching of such precedents and the tradition upon which they are founded is that the right to cross-examination is central to our system of justice and its complete denial entitles the party adversely affected to have testimony untested by cross-examination stricken.
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Tarro v. Mastriani Realty, LLC
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Monday, May 13, 2013
In a commercial eviction action brought under Connecticut General Statutes §47a-42a, the court hearing such action properly has before it not only those issues necessary for a proper determination of the parties' possessory rights in the subject premises, but also any issue that might arise with respect to possessions and personal effects that remain at the subject premises following execution.
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Civitella v. Sanchez
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Monday, May 13, 2013
A court can find that tenants did not exercise an option in the lease to purchase the premises.
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Stefanoni v. Department of Economic and Community Development
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Connecticut General Statutes §8-30g provides a distinct procedure for affordable housing land use appeals and if a municipality satisfies the requirements in C.G.S. §8-30g(l), the commissioner of economic and community development may issue a certificate of affordable housing completion, a moratorium certificate, which suspends the affordable housing land use appeal process in the municipality.
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City of New Haven v. G.L. Capasso Inc.
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Monday, April 29, 2013
A court can order property owners to comply with conditions attached to a special exception that permits the property owners to use a property for business purposes, although the property is located in a residential area.
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Lesiak v. Laskowski
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Connecticut General Statutes §47a-5 provides a private cause of action to tenants, if a landlord does not possess a certificate of occupancy.
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Tuzinkiewicz v. Steckel
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Allegations that sellers knowingly made a misrepresentation, when they indicated that they lacked any knowledge about zoning violations, and that the buyer would not have purchased, if he had known about zoning violations, can be sufficient to state a cause of action for fraud.
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Peterson v. Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company
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Monday, April 22, 2013
The plaintiff's withdrawal of her action against the sole owner of the property in question terminated her interest in the lis pendens on the property.
