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GIFFORD v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION

(14682), (14683)

227 Conn. 641 (1993)

WILLIAM H. GIFFORD ET AL. v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released September 7, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph G. Elliot, with whom were Mitchell W. Pearlman, general counsel, Victor R. Perpetua, commission counsel, Barry D. Guliano and, on the brief, James H. Howard, for the appellants (defendants).

Mary H. Lesser, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (plaintiff John M. Bailey).

Eileen McGann and Mark Kravitz filed a brief for the Connecticut Daily Newspaper Association et al. as amici curiae.

PETERS, C. J., CALLAHAN, BORDEN, BERDON and KATZ, JS.

BORDEN, J.

The issue in these appeals is whether a municipal police department arrest report must be disclosed by the police department to the public, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (act); General Statutes §§ 1-7 through 1-21k; while the criminal prosecution that is related to the arrest report is pending. The defendants, the freedom of information commission (commission) and the Journal Inquirer newspaper and its news editor, Robert H. Boone...

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