SWEETMAN v. STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION

(SC 15919), (SC 15920)

249 Conn. 296 (1999)

CHARLES F. SWEETMAN, JR. v. STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION BOARD OF EDUCATION OF REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 17 ET AL. v. STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released June 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Yavis, Jr., with whom were Kari L. Olson and, on the brief, Joseph P. Fasi, for the appellant in the first case (plaintiff Charles F. Sweetman, Jr.).

Charles L. Howard, with whom were Sheila A. Huddleston and, on the brief, Alisa N. Fay, for the appellants in the second case (plaintiff board of education of Regional School District Number 17 et al.).

Gregory T. D'Auria, assistant attorney general, with whom were Jeffrey Garfield, Joan Andrews and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Carolyn K. Querijero, assistant attorney general, for the appellee in both cases (defendant state elections enforcement commission).

Patrice McCarthy and Joan G. Libby filed a brief for the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education et al. as amici curiae.

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Berdon, Palmer and Ronan, Js.


Opinion

BERDON, J.

This consolidated appeal calls upon us to resolve a number of issues surrounding the expenditure of public funds by the plaintiffs, the board of education of Regional School District Number 17 (board), certain individual members of the board, and Charles F. Sweetman, Jr., the superintendent and chief executive officer of the board (collectively, the plaintiffs).1 In broad strokes, the plaintiffs used...

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