Coppola v. Coppola — Supreme Court of Connecticut (Decided June 25, 1997)

Factual and Procedural Background

This opinion is a short procedural order. The plaintiff's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court decision reported at 44 Conn. App. 930 (AC 15559) was considered by the Supreme Court of Connecticut. The Supreme Court granted certification, limited to a single issue specifying review of whether the Appellate Court properly affirmed the trial court's judgment of dismissal. The Supreme Court docket number for this matter is SC 15715. Counsel of record identified in the opinion is Pat Labbadia III, who filed in support of the petition.

Legal Issues Presented

1. Did the Appellate Court properly affirm the trial court's judgment of dismissal?

Arguments of the Parties

The opinion does not contain a detailed account of the parties' legal arguments.

Table of Precedents Cited

Court's Reasoning and Analysis

This opinion is presented as an order granting certification for appeal and does not include an extended statement of legal reasoning or analysis. The court's action is procedural: it grants the plaintiff's petition for certification for appeal and limits the scope of review to the single, specified issue. No additional rationale or legal analysis is stated in the text provided.

Holding and Implications

The petition for certification for appeal is GRANTED, limited to the issue: "Did the Appellate Court properly affirm the trial court's judgment of dismissal?"

Implications:

• Direct effect: The Supreme Court will consider the specified limited issue on certification; the case is docketed as SC 15715.
• The opinion does not announce a substantive ruling on the merits of the underlying dismissal; it only grants limited certification for appeal.
• No broader legal implications or new precedent are articulated in this order.

Source: Text of the provided opinion excerpt from Coppola v. Coppola, Supreme Court of Connecticut (Decided June 25, 1997).