Cook-Littman v. Bd. of Selectmen of the Town of Fairfield

**760In this appeal, we consider how a town charter provision that controls the filling of vacancies on that town's board of selectmen relates to General Statutes § 9-222,1 which provides a statutory **761procedure for filling such vacancies, in light of the home rule principles that govern the relationship between municipalities and the state. The defendants town of Fairfield (town) and its Board of Selectmen (board)2 appeal3 from the judgment of the trial court granting an application by the plaintiffs, five individual electors of the town,4 for a writ of mandamus ordering *256a special…