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RULES COMMITTEE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT v. FOIC

(11081), (11082)

192 Conn. 234 (1984)

RULES COMMITTEE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT ET AL. v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob D. Zeldes, for the appellant (defendant Raphael L. Podolsky).

Mitchell W. Pearlman, for the Freedom of Information Commission, filed a brief and argued as amicus curiae.

Robert T. Statchen, assistant attorney general, with whom were Daniel R. Schaefer, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, Peter W. Gillies, deputy attorney general, and Barney Lapp, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (plaintiff).

SPEZIALE, C. J., PETERS, SPONZO, DALY and PICKETT, JS.

PETERS, J.

The determinative issue in this appeal is whether the Rules Committee of the Superior Court falls within the statutory purview of the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, which defines a "public agency" subject to the act to include "any judicial office, official or body but only in respect to its or their administrative functions." General Statutes § 1-18a (a)1

This case was initiated by the defendant, Raphael...

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