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Argued June 9 and September 20, 1994.
Decision released June 20, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Martin S. Echter, deputy corporation counsel, with whom, on the brief, was Aileen M. Bell, deputy corporation counsel, for the appellants-appellees (defendants).
Amy Eppler-Epstein, with whom, on the brief, was Shelley A. White, for the appellees-appellants (plaintiffs).
Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, with whom were Jennifer C. Jaff, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Richard J. Lynch and Hugh Barber, assistant attorneys general, for the state of Connecticut as amicus curiae.
Mary-Michelle U. Hirschoff, for the Connecticut Conference on Municipalities as amicus curiae.
Sheila Huddleston, with whom, on the brief, was Peter W. Benner, for the Coalition to End Homelessness et al. as amici curiae.
PETERS, C. J., AND CALLAHAN, BORDEN, BERDON, NORCOTT, KATZ AND PALMER, JS.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.
NORCOTT, J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether the named defendant, the city of New Haven,1 has an obligation to provide indigent individuals with shelter pursuant to article first, § 10, of the Connecticut constitution or as an unenumerated right implicit in the state constitution. The plaintiffs, a certified class of homeless persons from New Haven,2 claim that New Haven has abrogated its...
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