Legal Opinion
Maher v. Freedom of Information Commission
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 21, 1984No. 11128PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
The principal issue in this case is the accommodation of the interest in public disclosure guaranteed by the Freedom of Information Act1 with *312the interest in confidentiality guaranteed to welfare recipients by General Statutes § 17-83. This case arose out of a request by The Hartford Courant (hereinafter Courant) for computer tapes concerning medication prescribed for Connecticut Medicaid recipients. When the Department of Income Maintenance (hereinafter DIM) refused to comply with part of this request, the Courant filed a complaint with the Freedom of Information Commission (hereinafter…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Harris v. McRaeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Wilson v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Persico v. MaherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Susan B. Long and Philip H. Long v. United States Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- State Ex Rel. Stephan v. HarderSupreme Court of Kansas · 1982
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3Cited by37 opinions
- City of New Haven v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Rose v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Perkins v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- State v. DeFuscoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Chairman, Criminal Justice Commission v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
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