Court Opinion

ID: 9719250
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 07:46:30.854669+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:05.444497
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Murphy, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result reached by the majority opinion but not in the directive as to the manner in which the court is to exercise its judicial function. The welfare commissioner is given a certain amount of discretion by § 17-273a in determining whether an applicant for aid or a *232recipient of aid belongs to another state. If the commissioner determines that the applicant so belongs, he still has discretion to decide whether to seek a warrant from the court. Where the commissioner applies for a warrant, the court should confine itself to a review of his action. Unless the commissioner is found to have acted arbitrarily, illegally or in abuse of his discretion, the warrant should issue. We have consistently held that to be the extent of the court’s function in passing upon the action of an administrative officer or agency. See cases such as Norton v. Shore Line Electric Ry. Co., 84 Conn. 24, 32, 78 A. 587; Holley v. Sunderland, 110 Conn. 80, 83, 147 A. 300; Beaverdale Memorial Park, Inc. v. Danaher, 127 Conn. 175, 182, 15 A.2d 17; Dempsey v. Tynan, 143 Conn. 202, 206, 120 A.2d 700. I see no logical reason why a special rule should be made in cases such as this.