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ADAM STASH v. COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES (SC 18534) JAMES R. MARSH III v. COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES (SC 18535)
Rogers, C. J., and Norcott, Katz, Vertefeuille, Zarella and McLachlan, Js.* Argued April 27--officially released June 29, 2010

James J. Ruane, with whom were Teresa M. Dinardi, and, on the brief, Sean P. Barrett, for the appellants

(plaintiffs). Eileen Meskill, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

Opinion

PER CURIAM. The plaintiffs in each of these consolidated appeals, Adam Stash and James R. Marsh III,1 commenced administrative appeals in the trial court challenging the decisions2 of the defendant, the commissioner of motor vehicles, to suspend their motor vehicle operator's licenses (license) for ninety days after Stash and Marsh each failed a test utilized to detect the presence of alcohol in a subject's blood. General Statutes

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