Court Opinion

ID: 9705827
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:22:45.663882+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:16.418588
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Murphy, J.
(dissenting). I do not agree that there was no adequate support for the conclusion of the court that the decision of the commission to revoke, rather than suspend, the plaintiff’s permit was unreasonable or arbitrary. On the record before the commission, its action was a clear abuse of discretion. The punishment should fit the offense. The court, having determined that the commission acted arbitrarily and in abuse of its discretion, should have revised or modified the order of the commission, as the court is empowered to do under General Statutes § 30-60. Kania v. Liquor Control Commission, 137 Conn. 327, 328, 77 A.2d 87; see Suffield Heights Corporation v. Town Planning Commission, 144 Conn. 425, 428, 133 A.2d 612.
Authority for the remand by the court to the commission for a revision of the penalty can be found in Hoffman v. Kelly, 138 Conn. 614, 620, 88 A.2d 382, and Service Realty Corporation v. Planning & Zoning Board of Appeals, 141 Conn. 632, 639, 109 A.2d 256. Under the circumstances, I feel that the action of the court was permissible although not strictly in conformity with the statute, which gives the court the power to make the revision or modification.