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McDonald, C. J., and Borden, Norcott, Katz, Palmer, Sullivan and Vertefeuille, Js. Argued May 31--officially released November 21, 2000 Counsel

Ann M. Parrent, with whom was Jon L. Schoenhorn, for the appellants (plaintiffs). Wesley W. Horton, with whom were Susan M. Cormier, Jerome D. Levine and Martin B. Burke, assistant town attorney, for the appellees (defendants). Mary-Michelle U. Hirschoff filed a brief for the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities as amicus curiae.
Opinion

KATZ, J. This case, which comes to us upon our acceptance of six certified questions from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut pursuant to Public Acts 1999, No. 99-107,

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