Legat v. Adorno

The principal question for determination in this taxpayer’s suit for a declaratory judgment and an injunction is whether § 3 of the Institutional Building Bonds Act, authorizing capital expenditures of state funds for institutions only partially maintained by the state or under the supervision of an agency thereof, violates § 1 of article first of the state constitution, which prohibits the grant to anyone of “exclusive public emoluments or privileges.” The questions reserved for the advice of this court upon the facts stipulated are stated in the footnote. 1

The General Assembly at the…