Legal Opinion
Sweetman v. State Elections Enforcement Commission
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 22, 1999No. SC 15919; SC 15920PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BERDON, J.
This consolidated appeal calls upon us to resolve a number of issues surrounding the expenditure of public funds by the plaintiffs, the board of education of Regional School District Number 17 (board), certain individual members of the board, and Charles F. Sweetman, Jr., the superintendent and chief executive officer of the board (collectively, the plaintiffs).1 In broad strokes, the plaintiffs used public funds to print and distribute a pamphlet discussing an upcoming referendum on the budget that the board had proposed (pamphlet). The defendant, the state elections…
2Cases cited73 opinions
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Parker v. LevySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by49 opinions
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- Roth v. WestonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Ferreira v. PringleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Ramos v. Town of VernonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
- Vargas v. City of SalinasCalifornia Supreme Court · 2009
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