Legal Opinion
Clisham v. Board of Police Commissioners of Naugatuck
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 4, 1992No. 14412PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the named defendant, the board of police commissioners of the borough of Naugatuck (board), acted with the impartiality mandated by the constitutional guarantees of due process when it voted to remove the plaintiff, Dennis E. Clisham, from the office of chief of police of the borough of Naugatuck.1 During the course of removal proceedings commenced by the board pursuant to 26 Spec. Acts 934, No. 321, § 4,2 the plaintiff filed a motion to disqualify in which he alleged that three members of the five member board were biased against him. The three…
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