VAN NORSTRAND v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION

(13552)

211 Conn. 339 (1989)

R. E. VAN NORSTRAND v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released May 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

H. Gordon Hall, associate attorney general, for the appellee (plaintiff).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, CALLAHAN, COVELLO and HULL, JS.


COVELLO, J.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Superior Court overruling an order of the Freedom of Information Commission (FOIC) that required disclosure of certain data concerning judges that had been collected by the plaintiff, R. E. Van Norstrand, the speaker of the House of Representatives for the 1985-1986 session. The dispositive issue is whether the trial court erred in concluding that the requested information was a preliminary draft within the meaning...

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