BROWN AND BROWN, INC. v. BLUMENTHAL

No. 18334.

1 A.3d 21 (2010)

297 Conn. 710

BROWN AND BROWN, INC. v. Richard BLUMENTHAL, Attorney General. Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General v. Brown and Brown, Inc.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided August 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle H. Seagull, with whom were William M. Rubenstein, Hartford, and Kelly A. Burns, for the appellant (plaintiff in the first case, defendant in the second case).

Matthew J. Budzik, assistant attorney general, with whom were Michael E. Cole, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Arnold B. Feigin, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (defendant in the first case, plaintiff in the second case).

Aaron S. Bayer, Robert M. Langer, New Haven, Michael Menapace, Hartford, and Alison M. Weir, New Haven, filed a brief for the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Inc., et al., as amici curiae.

James Sicilian, Jason S. Weathers, Hartford, Ben Robbins, Martin J. Newhouse and Jo Ann Shotwell Kaplan filed a brief for the New England Legal Foundation as amicus curiae.

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE, ZARELLA and McLACHLAN, Js.


ROGERS, C.J.

The principal issue in this appeal1 is the scope of the confidentiality protections afforded by General Statutes § 35-42,2 a provision that authorizes the attorney general to demand, prior to the institution of any action or proceeding, discovery from any person3 whom he has reason to believe has violated any portion of the...

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