SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT GAS CO. v. BRIDGEPORT

(15464)

240 Conn. 469 (1997)

SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT GAS COMPANY v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT GAS COMPANY v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released April 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bourke G. Spellacy, with whom were Mark T. Anastasi and, on the brief, James M. Connor, Ian J. Platt and Robert G. Zanesky, for the appellant (defendant city of Bridgeport).

Christopher P. McCormack, with whom were Janet L. Janczewski and, on the brief, Richard Tiano and William R. Murphy, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Janet C. Spegele, Cynthia L. Amara and Stephen Ostrach filed a brief for the Connecticut Business and Industry Association as amicus curiae.

Mary-Michelle U. Hirschoff filed a brief for the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities as amicus curiae.

Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Carolyn Querijero and Gregory T. D'Auria, assistant attorneys general, filed a brief for the office of policy and management as amicus curiae.

Borden, Berdon, Katz, Palmer and McDonald, JS.


Opinion

BORDEN, J.

This appeal is a companion to the appeal in United Illuminating Co. v. New Haven, 240 Conn. 422, 692 A.2d 742 (1997), which we have decided today. As in that case, the dispositive issue in this case is the scope of a municipal tax assessor's power to revalue personal property pursuant to General Statutes (Rev. to 1995) § 12-53 (b) and (c).

The defendant city of Bridgeport...

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