United Oil Co. v. Urban Redevelopment Commission

This case is one of unusual complexity
further complicated by the methods employed by the
parties to secure an adjudication of the
controversies among them - an action for a declaratory
judgment decided on motions for summary judgment.
Unfortunately, it serves as another illustration
of the truism that a shortcut is not necessarily a
more speedy and safe route than the established and
traditional path. It also once again demonstrates
that an action for a declaratory judgment, valuable
as it has become in modern practice, is not a
procedural panacea for use on all occasions. Gannon
v. Sanders, 157 Conn. 1, 6, 244 A.2d 397; Liebeskind v.
Waterbury, 142 Conn. 155, 158, 112 A.2d 208.
[158 Conn. 367]