Opinion
Decided April 14, 1999
The plaintiff's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 52 Conn. App. 12 (AC 17516), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Whether the Appellate Court properly required the disclosure of documents pertaining to a matter in litigation before the federal court, despite General Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 1-19b (b)(1), which provides that the disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act shall not `limit the rights of litigants . . . under the laws of discovery?'
"2. Whether the trial court was barred from applying the Freedom of Information Act to the present case because the legal matter in question was `otherwise provided by federal law?'"
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 16092.
Ivan A. Ramos, assistant corporation counsel, in support of the petition.