PEPE v. NEW BRITAIN

(12950)

203 Conn. 281 (1987)

LOUIS R. PEPE ET AL. v. CITY OF NEW BRITAIN

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Skelly, Jr., for the appellant (defendant).

Thomas F. Parker, with whom was Brenda M. Bergeron, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

PETERS, C. J., HEALEY, SHEA, SANTANIELLO and KULAWIZ, JS.


SHEA, J.

The plaintiffs, a law firm and one of its members, brought this action to recover the reasonable value of legal services rendered on behalf of the common council of the defendant, the city of New Britain. The trial court, Allen, J., found that, because the corporation counsel was disqualified from representing the common council in its dispute with the mayor, the common council had implied authority to engage independent counsel at the city's expense...

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