Legal Opinion
Commissioner of Environmental Protection v. Mellon
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 29, 2008No. SC 17945PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ROGERS, C. J.
The sole issue in this appeal 1 is whether the trial court properly determined that the plaintiff, the commissioner of environmental protection (commissioner), 2 was not eligible, under General Statutes § 22a-18 (e), 3 for an award of attorney’s fees and costs after prevailing in his action against the defendants, Timothy Mellon and Goodspeed Airport, LLC, 4 pursuant to the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act of 1971 (act), General Statutes § 22a-14 et seq. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The record reveals the following undisputed facts and procedural…
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