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CITY COUNCIL v. HALL

180 Conn. 243 (1980)

CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST HAVEN v. JON HALL

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon P. Leckerling, with whom, on the brief, was Carter LaPrade, for the appellant (defendant).

Robert E. Reilly, corporation counsel, for the appellee (plaintiff).

COTTER, C. J., BOGDANSKI, SPEZIALE, PETERS and RUBINOW, JS.

SPEZIALE, J.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether § 7-194 (26) of the Home Rule Act authorizes a municipality to grant to its governing or legislative body the power to issue subpoenas. We hold that it does not.

The defendant, Jon Hall, is an investigative reporter for the Journal Courier, a daily newspaper. Hall wrote a series of articles about public school lunch programs in the greater New...

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