Legal Opinion

Cox v. Aiken

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided May 16, 2006No. SC 17399PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

In this appeal, we consider whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity precludes a state employee from bringing an action against the officials who allegedly laid him off from his employment in the classified service in violation of the seniority restrictions set forth in General Statutes § 5-241. The defendants, the department of social services (department), and Elizabeth Aiken, the department’s assistant director of human resources, appeal, following our grant of their petition for certification, 2 from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the trial court’s…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Miller v. EganSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
  2. Shay v. RossiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000
  3. Grimm v. GrimmSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
  4. Board of Trustees v. Federation of Technical College TeachersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
  5. Oliphant v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005

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3Cited by24 opinions

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  5. Sullins v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007

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