O'Connell v. Freedom of Information Commission

Opinion

LAVERY, J.

The plaintiffs2 appeal from the Superior Court’s dismissal of their appeal from the freedom of *375information commission’s decision requiring them to produce requested records and imposing civil penalties on them. The plaintiffs claim that the Superior Court improperly determined that the commission did not abuse its discretion in concluding (1) that they were required to disclose the requested records to the complainants because they concerned public matters rather than “fraternal or social matters,” (2) that Public Acts 1996, No. 96-83 (P.A. 96-83), was not intended to apply…