REPUBLICAN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT v. MERRILL

No. 19010.

55 A.3d 251 (2012)

307 Conn. 470

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT v. Denise W. MERRILL, Secretary of the State.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided September 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Proloy K. Das , with whom was Richard P. Healey , Hartford, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Gregory T. D'Auria , solicitor general, with whom were Jane R. Rosenberg and Maura Murphy Osborne , assistant attorneys general, and, on the brief, George Jepsen , attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, EVELEIGH, HARPER and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.


ROGERS, C.J.

The primary issue to be resolved in this matter is the proper construction of General Statutes (Sup.2012) § 9-249a.1 The plaintiff, the Republican Party of Connecticut, brought a declaratory judgment action in which it sought a determination that, because its candidate for the office of governor in the 2010 election received the highest number of votes under the designation of the Republican Party line on the ballot,...

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