Case Name: WATERBURY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMISSION ET AL.
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1996-10-10
Citations: 239 Conn. 930
Docket Number: SC 15543
Parties: WATERBURY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMISSION ET AL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 239
Pages: 930–930

Head Matter:
WATERBURY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION v. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMISSION ET AL.
Decided October 10, 1996
The Supreme Court docket number is SC 15543.
Thomas G. Parisot, in support of the petition.
William J. Dolan, in opposition.

Opinion:
The petition by the defendants Marc S. Ryan, James B. Craig and the Waterbury Republican-American for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 42 Conn. App. 700 (AC 14936), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the grievance hearings in this case did not constitute 'meetings' within the meaning of General Statutes § l-18a (b) because they constituted 'strategy or negotiations' within the meaning of the statute?"