Supreme Court of Connecticut
Burton v. Dept. of Environmental Protection
January 21, 2021337 Conn. 781
Summary
The court affirmed judgments for the defendants in consolidated environmental-protection and administrative-appeal proceedings concerning a nuclear plant's water-intake and discharge permit. It held that the administrative proceeding adequately protected the plaintiff's CEPA rights because the hearing officer acted within her discretion in limiting duplicative or jurisdictionally improper claims and excluding unreliable evidence; it also declined to review several other claims because they were inadequately briefed. The court's decision was unanimous, with no separate opinions.