Sentner v. Board of Trustees of Regional Community Colleges

I dissent. I am aware of the exception to the doctrine of sovereign immunity from suit in an action when the acts complained of are unconstitutional or unauthorized by statute. See Horton v. Meskill, 172 Conn. 615, 624, 376 A.2d 359 (1977); Simmons v. Parizek, 158 Conn. 304, 307, 259 A.2d 642 (1969); see also Larson v. Domestic & Foreign Commerce Corporation, 337 U.S. 682, 690, 691, 69 S. Ct. 1457, 93 L. Ed. 1628 (1949). In Horton v. Meskill, supra, we quoted with approval language that “the government cannot *349justifiably claim interference with its functions when the acts complained of are…