Independent Party of Ct-State Central v. Denise W. Merrill

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment resolving an intraparty dispute in favor of the Waterbury faction. It held that the trial court retained personal jurisdiction because its timely order for supplemental briefing on a colorable jurisdictional issue stopped and restarted the statutory decision period, and it held that the 2010 bylaws governed the statewide party because they were filed after the party achieved minor-party status. The court also upheld the rejection of preclusion, the finding of waiver, the refusal to review induced constitutional error, and the allowance of the defendants’ late pleading amendment.