Legal Opinion
Board of Trustees of Woodstock Academy v. Freedom of Information Commission
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 22, 1980PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCotter, C. J.
The plaintiffs Woodstock Academy, its board of trustees, and its officers appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, sustaining a decision of the defendant freedom of information commission that Woodstock Academy was a “public agency” within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act (hereafter the FOIA). Since the FOIA subjects only public agencies to its disclosure requirements; General Statutes $ 1-19 (a); this case presents, as a matter of first impression, the significant question of what may constitute a “public agency” for purposes of the FOIA.
The defendants Ernest St.…
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