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INTERNAL PROTOTYPE — NOT LEGAL ADVICE — DO NOT SEND

Southland Corp. v. Vernon, 473 A.2d 318 (1983)

Citation
Southland Corp. v. Vernon, 473 A.2d 318 (1983)
Parent Document
Southland Corp. v. Vernon, 473 A.2d 318 (1983)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
1983-12-06

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or simply by the defendant’s filing a dilatory motion for discovery which is not reasonably necessary to the prompt and fair disposition of the case. Nor do we expect that housing division judges will simply pass on any difficult summary process cases to already overcrowded dockets under General Statutes § 47a-70 (a). Indeed, our perusal of several unreported housing division decisions, brought to our attention by the parties, issued in response to claims of undue complexity indicates that those judges are more than able to glean the wheat from the chaff and more than willing to shoulder their part of the burden under the broad jurisdictional grant of General Statutes § 47a-68. We hold by this decision only that, because of the changes in legislative and judicial policy which we have discussed, the trial court erred in dismissing this case. Ill