Legal Opinion
Furhman v. Freedom of Information Commission
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 23, 1997No. SC 15694PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MCDONALD, J.
This appeal concerns a ruling of the freedom of information commission (commission) that portions of a meeting of the New Milford mayor and town council (collectively, town), to discuss the town’s response to a landfill permit application pending before the state department of environmental protection (department), should have been held in open session.
The town filed an administrative appeal in the Superior Court, and that court reversed in part the commission’s decision on the grounds that the commission had misinterpreted and misapplied General Statutes § l-18a (e) (2)…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- City of New Haven v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Davis v. City of NorwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. SpearsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- State v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Town of Newtown v. KeeneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Dortenzio v. Freedom of Information CommissionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- Department of Public Utilities v. Freedom of Information CommissionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- Presnick v. Freedom of Information CommissionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
- Planning & Zoning Commission v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2015
- State, Department of Transp. v. Foic, No. Cv 98-0576720 (Dec. 15, 1998)Connecticut Superior Court · 1998
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