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MAHER v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION

(11128)

192 Conn. 310 (1984)

EDWARD W. MAHER, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCE v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 21, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund C. Walsh, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Constance L. Chambers, assistant general counsel, with whom, on the brief, was Mitchell W. Pearlman, general counsel, for the appellee (named defendant).

Josephine Marchetti, with whom, on the brief, was J. Charles Mokriski, for the appellee (defendant The Hartford Courant).

SPEZIALE, C. J., PETERS, PARSKEY, SHEA and GRILLO, JS.

PETERS, J.

The principal issue in this case is the accommodation of the interest in public disclosure guaranteed by the Freedom of Information Act1 with the interest in confidentiality guaranteed to welfare recipients by General Statutes § 17-83. This case arose out of a request by The Hartford Courant (hereinafter Courant) for computer tapes concerning medication prescribed for Connecticut...

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