Topic: a motion to dismiss tests, inter alia, whether on the face … · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 36 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Upson v. State.

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1 Upson v. State Anchor
conn · 1983
green “a motion to dismiss tests, inter alia, whether on the face of the record, the court is without jurisdiction.” 18
2 City of Bridgeport v. Debek
conn · 1989
green “the superior court lacks subject matter jurisdiction only if it has no competence to entertain the action before it.” 10
3 Castro v. Viera
conn · 1988
green “to hear and determine cases of the general class to which the proceedings in question belong.” 5
4 Plasil v. Tableman
conn · 1992
green “the motion to dismiss shall be used to assert (1) lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter . . .” 3

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