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GALVIN v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION

(2979)

4 Conn. App. 468 (1985)

CATHERINE A. GALVIN v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION ET AL.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 9, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Spellman, for the appellants (defendant David W. Schoolcraft et al.).

Jane S. Scholl, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, and Richard L. Lynch, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Constance L. Chambers, assistant general counsel for the Freedom of Information Commission, filed a brief as amicus curiae.

DUPONT, C.P.J., HULL and BORDEN, JS.

DUPONT, C.P.J.

The principal issue to be decided in this case is whether an autopsy report prepared by the office of the chief medical examiner is subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (hereinafter FOIA).1 This case arose from a request by a newspaper reporter for access to an autopsy report. The subject of the report was the victim of a shooting incident between him and a police officer. Access to the autopsy...

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