HONG PHAM v. STARKOWSKI

No. 18582.

16 A.3d 635 (2011)

300 Conn. 412

HONG PHAM v. Michael P. STARKOWSKI, Commissioner of Social Services.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Barber , assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal , former attorney general, and Deeona Gaskin , law student intern, for the appellant (defendant).

Nicholas P. Yorio , with whom were Susan Garten and, on the brief, Gregory L. Bass , Hartford, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Mara Youdelman and Tanya Broder filed a brief for the National Health Law Program et al. as amici curiae.

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, McLACHLAN and EVELEIGH, Js.


ZARELLA, J.

This appeal arises from a class action lawsuit filed by the plaintiff, Hong Pham, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, against the defendant, Michael P. Starkowski, the commissioner of social services, challenging the constitutionality of Public Acts, Spec. Sess., September, 2009, No. 09-5, §§ 551 and 642 (Spec.Sess.P.A.09-5), which effectively terminated certain...

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