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WATERBURY TEACHERS ASSN. v. FREEDOM OF INFORMANTION COMMISSION

(15543), (15544)

240 Conn. 835 (1997)

WATERBURY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released May 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Parisot, with whom, on the brief, were John H. Cassidy, Jr., for the appellants in Docket No. 15543 (defendant Marc S. Ryan et al.).

Clifton A. Leonhardt, chief counsel, with whom were Mitchell W. Pearlman, general counsel, and, on the brief, Victor Perpetua, appellate attorney, and Justine C. Rakich-Kelly and Joan M. Andrews, commission counsel, for the appellant in Docket No. 15544 (named defendant).

William J. Dolan, for the appellee in both cases (plaintiff).

Callahan, C. J., and Berdon, Katz, Palmer and Peters, Js.

Opinion

PETERS, J.

The Freedom of Information Act, which requires the meetings of a public agency to be open to the public; General Statutes § 1-21;1 defines the term "meeting" to exclude "strategy or negotiations with respect to collective bargaining." General Statutes § 1-18a (b).2 The sole issue in these certified administrative appeals is whether grievance proceedings between...

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