BARNABY HORTON ET AL.
v.
THOMAS J. MESKILL ET AL.
PETER D. GRACE ET AL.
v.
THOMAS J. MESKILL ET AL.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 3, 1984.
Decision released January 15, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles A. Overend, assistant attorney general, with whom were Robert W. Garvey, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, and Elena S. Boisvert, assistant attorney general, for the appellants-cross appellees (defendant Meskill et al.).
Austin Carey, Jr., with whom, on the brief, was Paul W. Orth, for the appellants-cross appellees (defendant town of Greenwich et al.).
Maurice T. Fitzmaurice and Susan M. Cormier, for the appellees-cross appellants (plaintiff Horton et al.).
H. Maria Cone, assistant corporation counsel, with whom were Richard M. Cosgrove, deputy corporation counsel, and, on the brief, Richard H. Goldstein, corporation counsel, and Donald V. Romanik, assistant corporation counsel, for the appellees-cross appellants (plaintiff city of Hartford et al.).
Timothy S. Hollister and George C. Hastings filed a brief as arnici curiae (Connecticut Conference of Municipalities).
PETERS, C. J., HEALEY, SHEA, DANNEHY and SANTANIELLO, JS.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.
PETERS, C. J.
These appeals are a sequel to Horton v. Meskill,172 Conn. 615, 648-49, 376 A.2d 359 (1977) (Horton I), in which this court held unconstitutional the then existing statutory financing system for free public elementary and secondary school education in this state. Noting the difficulties of formulating appropriate orders of relief, we agreed in Horton I with the trial court's decision to...
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