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BUTTS v. BYSIEWICZ

No. 18663.

5 A.3d 932 (2010)

298 Conn. 665

John W. BUTTS v. Susan BYSIEWICZ, Secretary of the State of Connecticut.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided October 26, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Taylor , with whom were Brendon P. Levesque and, on the brief, Wesley W. Horton , Hartford, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Michael K. Skold , assistant attorney general, with whom were Robert W. Clark , assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal , attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

ROGERS, C.J., and KATZ, PALMER, McLACHLAN, EVELEIGH and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.

KATZ, J.

This certified public interest appeal raises the question of whether the Secretary of the State has discretion to place a candidate's name on the ballot as a nominee of a political party when the candidate failed to deliver the certificate of the party's endorsement to the Secretary of the State within the deadline prescribed under General Statutes § 9-388,1 and, if not, whether the court can exercise its equitable authority...

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