Legal Opinion
Dacey v. Connecticut Bar Assn.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 28, 1981PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPaeskey, J.
This is the second round in a libel action. The first trial resulted in a plaintiff’s verdict of $60,000. Upon appeal we reversed and ordered a new trial. Dacey v. Connecticut Bar Assn., 170 Conn. 520, 368 A.2d 125 (1976) (Dacey I). The second trial resulted in a defendant’s verdict and the plaintiff has appealed.
At the second trial the plaintiff claimed that the trial judge, who was a member of the defendant association, was disqualified under General Statutes § 51-39, 1 and moved that he recuse himself from presiding at the trial. The denial of the plaintiff’s motion is the principal basis…
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