Citizens Against Overhead Power Line Constr. v. Conn. Siting Council

• Decision Date: 14 February 2013
• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Parties: CITIZENS AGAINST OVERHEAD POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION et al. v. CONNECTICUT SITING COUNCIL.

308 Conn. 906

61 A.3d 1098

CITIZENS AGAINST OVERHEAD POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION et al.

v.CONNECTICUT SITING COUNCIL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided Feb. 14, 2013.

Matthew C. McGrath, in support of the petition.

Robert L. Marconi, assistant attorney general, Anthony M. Fitzgerald and Victoria P. Hackett, staff attorney, in opposition.

The plaintiffs' petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 139 Conn.App. 565, 57 A.3d 765, is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Did the Appellate Court properly determine that, pursuant to General Statutes §§ 4–181a and 4–183, as amended by No. 06–32 of the 2006 Public Acts, the plaintiffs failed to timely appeal from a final decision of the Connecticut Siting Council and that their appeal must be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction?”