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ROCQUE v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION

(SC 16279) (SC 16280)

255 Conn. 651 (2001)

ARTHUR J. ROCQUE, JR., COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ET AL. v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released April 10, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifton A. Leonhardt, chief counsel, with whom, on the brief, was Mitchell W. Pearlman, general counsel, for the appellant in Docket No. SC 16279 (named defendant).

Ralph G. Elliot, for the appellant in Docket No. SC 16280 (defendant The Hartford Courant Company).

Robert B. Teitelman, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

Mark F. Kohler, assistant attorney general, Maureen M. Murphy and Ruth L. Fulda filed a brief for the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women et al. as amici curiae.

Borden, Palmer, Sullivan, Vertefeuille and Rogers, Js.

Opinion

VERTEFEUILLE, J.

The principal issue in these combined appeals is whether the identity of a sexual harassment complainant and certain other information relating to the investigation of a sexual harassment complaint are exempt from public disclosure as an invasion of personal privacy under General Statutes § 1-210 (b) (2) of the Freedom of Information Act (act).1 The named defendant, the freedom of information...

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