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PICTOMETRY INTERN. v. FREEDOM OF INFO.

Nos. 18724, 18725.

59 A.3d 172 (2013)

307 Conn. 648

PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION et al. Department of Environmental Protection v. Freedom of Information Commission et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 29, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Titterington , pro hac vice, with whom were Emily E. Campbell , pro hac vice, and, on the brief, Timothy P. Jensen and Amy E. Markim , for the appellant in Docket No. SC 18724 (plaintiff in the first case).

Matthew I. Levine , assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were George Jepsen , attorney general, and Kimberly Massicotte , assistant attorney general, for the appellant in Docket No. SC 18725 (plaintiff in the second case).

Lisa Fein Siegel , commission counsel, with whom, on the brief, was Colleen M. Murphy , general counsel, for the appellee in Docket Nos. SC 18724 and SC 18725 (named defendant in both cases).

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

ROGERS, C.J.

The primary issue to be resolved in these appeals is whether public records that are protected by federal copyright law fall within the "otherwise provided by any federal law" exemption to the Freedom of Information Act (act), General Statutes § 1-200 et seq., set forth in General Statutes § 1-210(a) (federal law exemption).1 The named plaintiff in the first case, Pictometry International Corporation (Pictometry...

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