Supreme Court of Connecticut
Casey v. Lamont
March 29, 2021338 Conn. 479
Summary
The court held that the COVID-19 pandemic qualified as a serious disaster under Connecticut’s emergency-management statutes and that the governor acted within his statutory authority in issuing restrictions on bars and restaurants. It also held that the statutory delegation of emergency authority did not violate the state constitution because the legislature established policy, intelligible standards, procedural prerequisites, and temporal limits. The court therefore affirmed the denial of injunctive and declaratory relief.