Legal Opinion

Department of Health Services v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities ex rel. Mason

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided February 4, 1986No. 12677; 12678PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.

This case concerns the scope of a trial court’s authority to modify, in contempt proceedings, *481a final remedial order enforcing an administrative determination that the alleged contemnor has engaged in a pattern of discriminatory conduct. The present proceedings began with a complaint by the defendant Antoinette Mason to the defendant commission on human rights and opportunities (hereinafter the CHRO) pursuant to General Statutes § 31-127 (now § 46a-82).1 *482The complainant charged that the plaintiff department of health services (hereinafter the DOHS) had deprived her of a promotion because of…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Maggio v. ZeitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Collens v. New Canaan Water Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
  5. Feinson v. Conservation CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Connecticut Building Wrecking Co. v. CarothersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
  2. Williams v. Commission On Human Rights & OpportunitiesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
  3. State v. Commission on Human Rights & OpportunitiesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
  4. Chestnut Realty, Inc. v. Commission on Human Rights & OpportunitiesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
  5. Convalescent Center of Bloomfield, Inc. v. Department of Income MaintenanceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988

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