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BROWN AND BROWN, INC. v. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, ATTORNEY GENERAL RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. BROWN AND BROWN, INC. (SC 17920)
Rogers, C. J., and Palmer, Vertefeuille, Zarella and Schaller, Js. Argued February 15--officially released September 9, 2008

Michelle H. Seagull, with whom were William M. Rubenstein and Kelly A. Burns, for the appellant (plaintiff in the first case, defendant in the second case). Matthew J. Budzik, assistant attorney general, with whom were Arnold B. Feigin, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Michael E. Cole, chief of the antitrust department, for the appellee (defendant in the first case, plaintiff in the second case). James Sicilian, Jason S. Weathers, Ben Robbins, Martin J. Newhouse and Jo Ann Shotwell Kaplan filed a brief for the New England Legal Foundation as amicus curiae. Dennis F. Kerrigan, Jr., Michael Menapace and Emily A. Gianquinto filed a brief for the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Inc., et al., as amici curiae.

Opinion

VERTEFEUILLE, J. This appeal arises from an action seeking injunctive, declaratory and equitable relief brought by the plaintiff, Brown and Brown, Inc., against the defendant, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in connection with a subpoena duces tecum and interrogatories issued by the defendant pursuant to General Statutes

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