Tompkins v. Freedom of Information Commission

Opinion

SHELDON, J.

The issue presented in. this appeal is whether the trial court properly dismissed the appeal of the plaintiff, Duane Tompkins, from the amended final decision of the named defendant, the freedom of information commission (commission), ordering the plaintiffs former employer, the town of Enfield police department (department), to disclose the plaintiffs redacted employment termination records to the defendants the Journal Inquirer and Alexander Wood and Jenna Carlesso, staff writers for the Journal Inquirer.1 The plaintiff claims that the trial court erred in sustaining the…