Legal Opinion

Board of Education v. Freedom of Information Commission

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided July 26, 1988No. 13340PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGlass, J.

The principal issue in this case is whether a party whose request to an agency for information is denied, and the denial is not appealed to the Freedom of Information Commission (FOIC), may thereafter appeal to the FOIC from the denial of a subsequent request to the same agency for the same information.

The essential facts are undisputed and may be summarized as follows. The defendants are John O. Bailey, Richard Conrad, Adrienne Hedgspeth and the Jackson Newspapers, Inc. (collectively referred to as the Jackson Newspapers), and the FOIC. The plaintiffs are the New Haven Board of Education…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Lawrence v. KozlowskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
  2. Wilson v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
  3. City of New Haven v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
  4. Burnham v. AdministratorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
  5. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. Perkins v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
  2. Ottochian v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
  3. Connecticut Humane Society v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
  4. Glastonbury Education Ass'n v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  5. Town of West Hartford v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991

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