Massad v. City of New London

The issues presented by the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment are (1) whether the referendum duly called by the defendant city and town of New London is a town meeting subject to the provisions of General Statutes § 7-6, and (2) whether the defendants violated the equal protection clauses of the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution or article first, § 20, of the Connecticut constitution by refusing to allow the plaintiffs, who are nonresident taxpayers in New London, to vote in a referendum on the approval of a budget and tax rate ordinance.

The court concludes that…