BINETTE v. SABO

(SC 15547)

244 Conn. 23 (1998)

JOSEPH A. BINETTE ET AL. v. MAHLON C. SABO ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released March 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Timothy McNamara, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Thomas R. Gerarde, with whom was David S. Monastersky, for the appellees (defendants).

Ann M. Parrent filed a brief for the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Foundation as amicus curiae.

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Berdon, Norcott, Katz, Palmer and McDonald, Js.


Opinion

PALMER, J.

The sole question in this case, which comes to us upon our grant of certification from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut;2 Binette v. Sabo, Docket No. 3:96CV00179 (PCD) (D.C. Conn. August 22, 1996); is whether, in the circumstances presented, the Connecticut constitution gives rise to a private cause of action for money damages stemming from alleged violations...

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