Legal Opinion

Stewart v. Town of Watertown

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided February 21, 2012No. SC 18499PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

EVELEIGH, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether a town clerk is entitled to receive continued salary payments as a matter of law while he or she is not performing his or her statutory duties as town clerk, but has not been removed from office pursuant to statute. The defendants, the town of Watertown (town), and certain of its duly elected or appointed officials, 1 appeal 2 from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a hearing in damages, awarding damages to the plaintiff, Virginia Stewart, the former town clerk of the town. The plaintiff cross appeals from the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Williams Ford, Inc. v. Hartford Courant Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  2. Murach v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
  3. Sibley v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
  4. Testa v. GeressySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
  5. Hennessey v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  4. State v. ReddyConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
  5. Canton v. Cadle Properties of Connecticut, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2015

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