Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Udolf v. Plan & Zoning Commission of West Hartford

99 L. Ed. 2d 686

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-04-11
Topic
general

holding that the failure to object to a trial court’s instruction constitutes waiver | not error to refuse hearing on motion to disqualify a retired judge’s certification to sit as a judge at all, which may only be challenged in a quo warranto proceeding | oral evidence was admissible but court erred in admitting written document itself into evidence | mandatory hearing is not triggered unless recusal motion states valid grounds for disqualification | mandatory hearing is not triggered unless recusal motion states valid grounds for disqualification | oral evidence was admissible but court erred in admitting written document itself into evidence | $10,000 contribution by counsel to presiding judge while lawsuit pending

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Appeal from Super. Ct. Conn., Hartford/New Britain Jud. Dist., dismissed under this Court’s Rule 53.