Legal Opinion
Shew v. Freedom of Information Commission
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 23, 1998No. SC 15707PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PALMER, J.
The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether certain documents created by an attorney who had been retained by the town of Rocky Hill (town) to conduct an investigation of the town’s police chief are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, General Statutes § 1-7 et seq. The named defendant, freedom of information commission (commission), ordered the plaintiff, O. Paul Shew, the town manager of Rocky Hill (town manager),1 to provide the defendant, Edward A. Peruta,2 with access to certain interview reports created by attorney Elaine Stuhlman, who had…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Fisher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wilson v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Ullmann v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Schnabel v. TylerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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3Cited by39 opinions
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