Legal Opinion
Binette v. Sabo
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 10, 1998No. SC 15547PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PALMER, J.
The sole question in this case, which comes to us upon our grant of certification from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut;2 Binette v. Sabo, Docket No. 3:96CV00179 (PCD) (D.C. Conn. August 22,1996); is whether, in the circumstances presented, the Connecticut constitution gives rise to a private cause of action for money damages stemming from alleged violations of article first, §§ 7 *26and 9,3 of our state constitution. We answer the certified question in the affirmative.
The record certified by the District Court contains the following facts. The…
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