MIDDLETOWN v. HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.

(10613)

192 Conn. 591 (1984)

CITY OF MIDDLETOWN ET AL. v. HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis O'Neill, city attorney, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Bourke G. Spellacy, with whom were Mark J. Zimmermann and, on the brief, Elizabeth R. Collins and Heidi J. Seebauer, for the appellees (defendants).

Janet Brooks and Michael Hotchkin, law student intern, filed a brief as amici curiae.

PETERS, GRILLO, DALY, SPONZO and MENT, JS.


PETERS, J.

The principal issue in this case is whether the plaintiffs have established the factual and legal predicates of their environmental challenge to the defendants' proposed disposal of toxic substances. The plaintiffs, the city of Middletown and Robert W. Frank, the city's zoning enforcement officer, brought an action in eight counts to enjoin the defendants, the Hartford Electric Light Company (HELCO) and its parent...

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