Board of Education v. City of New Haven

The trial court, sua sponte, dismissed this action for a declaratory judgment and for injunctive relief on the ground that a corporation having an interest in the subject matter had not been made a party, notwithstanding that there was pending before the court a motion to make it a party to the action. The subject matter of the requested declaratory judgment was whether the plaintiff New Haven board of education had the authority to enter into multiple one year contracts without the approval of the defendant New Haven board of aldermen. The plaintiffs appealed to the Appellate Court and we…