BOARD OF EDUCATION v. NEW HAVEN

(15224), (15225)

237 Conn. 169 (1996)

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN ET AL. v. CITY OF NEW HAVEN ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released May 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin S. Echter, deputy corporation counsel, with whom, on the brief, was Steven G. Mednick, corporation counsel, for the appellants in Docket No. 15224 (named defendant et al.).

Markus L. Penzel, for the appellant in Docket No. 15225 (defendant board of aldermen of the city of New Haven).

Kimberly A. Mango, with whom was Robert J. Cathcart, for the appellees in both cases (plaintiffs).

Callahan, Borden, Berdon, Katz and Palmer, Js.


BERDON, J.

The sole issue raised in this appeal is whether the New Haven board of education has discretion to reallocate funds appropriated to it by the New Haven board of aldermen in its annual capital budget.1

The plaintiffs, the New Haven board of education and Reginald Mayo, superintendent of schools, brought this action for a declaratory judgment against the defendants,

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