Conn. Gen. Stat. » Title 33 — CORPORATIONS · Chapter 601 — Business Corporations
Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 33-600 (2025)

Short title: Connecticut Business Corporation Act

✓ laws through the 2024 session: the source has not yet published 2025 Public Acts (checked Sept. 2026)
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section CT-CGAcga.ct.gov (official) JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
Sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the “Connecticut Business Corporation Act”.

(P.A. 94-186, S. 1, 215.)

History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997.

(Return to Chapter
Table of Contents)		 (Return to
List of Chapters)		 (Return to
List of Titles)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1996–2021 · leading case: Giulietti v. Giulietti, 784 A.2d 905 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Giulietti v. Giulietti, 784 A.2d 905 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 33-764 provides that “[e]ach officer [of a corporation] has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in the bylaws or, to the extent consistent with the bylaws, the duties prescribed by the board of directors or by direction of an officer…”
Gillon v. Bysiewicz, 939 A.2d 605 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 4× “6 *658 On appeal, in support of their claim, the plaintiffs refer to allegations in their complaint, which allege that in reliance on their understanding of the scope of the secretary’s powers under the Connecticut Business Corporation Act (act), General Statutes § 33-600 et…”
Manere v. Collins, 241 A.3d 133 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). “‘‘This approach takes into account the fact that shareholders in close corporations may have expectations that differ substantially from those of shareholders in public corporations’’ and further ‘‘recognizes the fact sensitive nature of judicial inquiry into this area and the…”
Sojitz Am. Capital Corp. v. Kaufman, 61 A.3d 566 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 2× “219 ) (due to undeveloped case law, Superior Court turned to legislative history for guidance regarding application of statutory provisions within Connecticut Business Corporation Act, General Statutes §§ 33-600 through 33-998).”
Benjamin v. Island Mgmt., LLC, 267 A.3d 19 (Conn. 2021). · cites it 2× “We look to the jurisprudence interpreting these other sources—statutory and common law—to inform our analysis, and rely on them to the extent they are persuasive.21 Consistent with these sources, for convenience, we use the term ‘‘proper purpose’’ as shorthand for a purpose…”
Beckworth ex rel. Disc. Trophy & Co. v. Bizier, 138 F. Supp. 3d 144 (D. Conn. 2015). · cites it 2× “Section 33-722 is part of the Connecticut Business Corporation Act ( Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 33-600 through 33-998), which is “a comprehensive revision of [Connecticut’s] corporations statutes designed to bring those statutes into conformity with the Model Business Corporation Act”.”
Mmi Investments, L.L.C. v. E. Co., 701 A.2d 50 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1996). · cites it 2× “On that date a new act, the Connecticut Business Corporation Act, General Statutes §§ 33-600 through 33-998, inclusive, as amended by Public Acts 1996, No.”
Jacques v. Comm'r of Energy & Env't Prot., 203 Conn. App. 419 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “’’ General Statutes § 33-602 (27); General Statutes § 33-1002 (25). Additionally, our Penal Code defines an ‘‘official proceeding’’ as ‘‘any proceeding held or which may be held before any legislative, judicial, administrative or other agency or official authorized to take…”
R.D. Clark & Sons, Inc. v. Clark, 222 A.3d 515 (Conn. App. Ct. 2019). “General Statutes § 33-855 (3)7 provides in relevant part: ‘‘ ‘Fair value’ means the value of the corporation’s shares determined .”
Success, Inc. v. Curcio, 160 Conn. App. 153 (Conn. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “trial demonstrated that the first corporate transaction in the chain of title leading to the plaintiff’s purported ownership of the premises, the execution by Cummings of a quitclaim deed of the premises from JD’s Cafe´ to Cummings Enterprises, was not a proper exercise of the…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.