JOHNSON v. STATEWIDE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE

(SC 15882)

248 Conn. 87 (1999)

NEIL JOHNSON v. STATEWIDE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released March 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Johnson, the appellant (plaintiff).

Cathy A. Dowd, assistant bar counsel, for the appellee (defendant).

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


Opinion

PALMER, J.

The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether an attorney against whom a grievance complaint has been filed with the statewide grievance committee (committee) must exhaust available administrative remedies before seeking judicial recourse from an adverse ruling of the committee.1 The plaintiff, Neil Johnson, an attorney, sought a permanent injunction in the Superior Court prohibiting the committee...

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