Court Decisions 2016
SUPREME COURT
Supreme Court Decisions. Harrington v. Freedom
of Information Commission, et al. SC 19586 (September 6, 2016)
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., v. Freedom of Information Commission, et al., SC 19591, SC 19594 (June 28, 2016)
APPELLATE COURT
SUPERIOR COURT
Karagozian v. FOI, et al. HHB-CV-16-6034438-S (December 2, 2016)
Commissioner, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, et al., v. Freedom of Information Commission, et al., CV15-6029797S (April 8, 2016)
John Vivo III v. Owen P. Eagen et. al. CV16-5017522S (October 18, 2016)
Godbout
v. Freedom of Information Commission, et al., CV15-5017046S (August 9,
2016
James Torlai v. Freedom of Information Commission, et al., CV15-5016760S (June 27, 2016)
Bradshaw Smith v. Freedom of Information Commission, et al. CV16-5017349S (July 19, 2016)
Commissioner, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, et al., v. Freedom of Information Commission, et al., CV15-6029797S (April 8, 2016)
Berlin Public Schools, et al., v. Freedom of Information Commission, et al. CV15-6029080S (February 2, 2016)
Marissa Lowthert v. Freedom of Information Commission, et al. CV15-6028902S (January 15, 2016)
In this consolidated appeal, the superior court reversed and remanded three decisions of the Commission that concluded that the respondent board of education adequately described the business to be transacted in executive session on its meeting agendas.
The board of education claimed that a legal memorandum was discussed in executive session and that if the subject matter of the memorandum was revealed on the agenda, it would disclose confidential communications discussed with its attorney pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-210(b)(10). However, the court determined that there was no evidence in the record to support the Commission’s finding that disclosure of the subject matter of the memorandum would reveal its contents and that therefore such finding was unreasonable.