WILSON v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION


181 Conn. 324 (1980)

KENNETH G. WILSON ET AL. v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert P. Lenge, with whom was Mitchell W. Pearlman, for the appellant-appellee (named defendant).

John F. McKenna, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Carl R. Ajello, attorney general, for the appellees-appellants (named plaintiff et al.).

COTTER, C. J., BOGDANSKI, HEALEY, PARSKEY and KELLY, JS.


ARTHUR H. HEALEY, J.

This case presents an important question of first impression in this state that concerns the extent to which documents in the possession of state agencies are subject to public disclosure under our Freedom of Information Act (General Statutes §§ 1-15, 1-18a, 1-19-1-19b, 1-21, 1-21a, 1-21c-1-21k). In February of 1975, Kenneth G. Wilson, vice president for academic affairs at the University of Connecticut, appointed seven people to serve...

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