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DEPT. OF PUB. SAFETY v. FOI COM'N

No. 27850.

930 A.2d 739 (2007)

103 Conn.App. 571

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION et al.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided September 4, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn D. Wittenbrink, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Mary E. Schwind, director of adjudication, with whom, on the brief, was Colleen M. Murphy, general counsel, for the appellee (named defendant).

McLACHLAN, GRUENDEL and BERDON, Js.

GRUENDEL, J.

The doctrine of mootness holds that before a claimed controversy is entitled to adjudication on the merits, it must be demonstrated that an actual controversy exists. In this appeal, we are asked to decide what role, if any, that doctrine plays in proceedings before the defendant freedom of information commission (commission).1 The plaintiff, the department of public safety, appeals from the judgment of the trial court dismissing...

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