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imprecise but comprehensible normative standard in Connecticut

6 Connecticut opinions name it 2 courts 1987–2019 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Connecticut courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (1)

CaseFollowedCited
Coates v. City of Cincinnatigreen
scotus · 1971 · cited in 3 Connecticut opinions naming this issue, 1987–1998
2 sentences

1987Ed. 2d 13 (1963); see also State v. Cavallo, supra. Where, as here, the complainant challenges the statute as applied to his particular conduct rather than on its face, “the complainant must prove that the enactment is vague ‘ “not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his conduct to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.” Coates v. City of Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611, 614 [ 91 S. Ct. 1686 , 29 L.

1987Ed. 2d 13 (1963); see also State v. Cavallo, supra. Where, as here, the complainant challenges the statute as applied to his particular conduct rather than on its face, “the complainant must prove that the enactment is vague ‘ “not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his conduct to an imprecise but comprehensible normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.” Coates v. City of Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611, 614 [ 91 S. Ct. 1686 , 29 L.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Connecticut. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
Smith v. Goguen green
scotus · 1974
2 sentences

1995Such a provision simply has no core.’ (Citations omitted; emphasis in original.) Smith v. Goguen, 415 U.S. 566, 578 , 94 S. Ct. 1242 , 39 L.

1995Such a provision simply has no core.’ (Citations omitted; emphasis in original.) Smith v. Goguen, 415 U.S. 566, 578 , 94 S. Ct. 1242 , 39 L.

21994–1995
State v. Josephs green
conn · 2018
2 sentences

2019Such a provision simply has no core." (Citations omitted; emphasis omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Josephs , 328 Conn. 21 , 31-32, 176 A.3d 542 (2018).

2019Such a provision simply has no core." (Citations omitted; emphasis omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Josephs , 328 Conn. 21 , 31-32, 176 A.3d 542 (2018).

12019–2019
Connecticut v. Dyson green
conn · 1996
2 sentences

1998Such a provision simply has no core." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Dyson, 238 Conn. 784, 797 , 680 A.2d 1306 (1996); see Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc., supra, 455 U.S. 495 n.7; Smith v. Goguen, supra, 415 U.S. 578 ; Benjamin v. Bailey, supra, 234 Conn. 484 ; State v. Indrisano, supra, 228 Conn. 804 ; see, e.g., Kolender v. Lawson, supra, 461 U.S. 360 (determination whether identification is “credible and rehable” is entirely within individual police officer’s subjective discretion); Coates v. Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611, 614 , 91 S. Ct. 1686 , 29 L.

1998Such a provision simply has no core." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Dyson, 238 Conn. 784, 797 , 680 A.2d 1306 (1996); see Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc., supra, 455 U.S. 495 n.7; Smith v. Goguen, supra, 415 U.S. 578 ; Benjamin v. Bailey, supra, 234 Conn. 484 ; State v. Indrisano, supra, 228 Conn. 804 ; see, e.g., Kolender v. Lawson, supra, 461 U.S. 360 (determination whether identification is “credible and rehable” is entirely within individual police officer’s subjective discretion); Coates v. Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611, 614 , 91 S. Ct. 1686 , 29 L.

11998–1998
State v. Indrisano green
conn · 1994
2 sentences

1996Such a provision simply has no core.” (Citation omitted; emphasis in original; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Indrisano, 228 Conn. 795, 804 , 640 A.2d 986 (1994).

1996Such a provision simply has no core.” (Citation omitted; emphasis in original; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Indrisano, 228 Conn. 795, 804 , 640 A.2d 986 (1994).

11996–1996
Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. green
scotus · 1982
2 sentences

1987Ed. 2d 214 ] (1971).’ ” Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc., 455 U.S. 489 , 495 n.7, 102 S. Ct. 1186 , 71 L.

1987Ed. 2d 214 ] (1971).’ ” Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc., 455 U.S. 489 , 495 n.7, 102 S. Ct. 1186 , 71 L.

11987–1987

Statutes the citing opinions construe

CT § Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-1 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

OH 67 (1981–2026) MA 38 (1977–2025) CO 14 (1991–2021) TX 7 (1980–2022) CT 6 (1987–2019) FL 6 (1994–2018) OR 5 (1975–2007) KS 5 (1989–2002) LA 5 (1995–2023) PA 4 (1976–2026) IL 4 (1972–1988) ME 4 (1971–1973) WA 4 (1979–1998) DC 3 (1976–1999) NE 3 (1983–2023) TN 3 (2001–2005) MT 3 (1994–2009) NY 3 (1974–1987) HI 2 (1972–2010) NC 2 (1998–2026) NJ 2 (1979–2016) NM 2 (1974–1974) VA 2 (2002–2008) AR 2 (1974–2025) MD 2 (1971–2001)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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