DRUMM v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COM'N

(SC 20656).

308 A.3d 993 (2024)

348 Conn. 565

John DRUMM, Chief of Police, et al. v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially Released February 27, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd J. Dugas , for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Valicia Dee Harmon , commission counsel, with whom, on the brief, was Colleen M. Murphy , general counsel, for the appellee (defendant).

Stephanie Rice , law student intern, with whom were David A. Schulz and, on the brief, Emile Shehada , law student intern, for the appellee (intervenor Anike Niemeyer).

Matthew A. Weiner, former assistant state's attorney, and Sarah Hanna, former senior assistant state's attorney, filed a brief for the Division of Criminal Justice as amicus curiae.

Dan Barrett and Elana Spungen Bildner filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Connecticut as amicus curiae.

Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D'Auria, Mullins, Ecker, Dannehy and Elgo, Js.


This appeal arises from the 2010 homicide of Barbara Beach Hamburg and the ensuing efforts of her son, Madison Hamburg, and the intervener, Anike Niemeyer, a filmmaker who was the complainant before the defendant, the Freedom of Information Commission (commission), to produce a documentary film exploring the victim's death and the failure...

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