Supreme Court of Connecticut
O'Shea v. Scherban
July 26, 2021339 Conn. 775
Summary
The court held that Stamford's charter required an election to fill the Board of Education vacancy at the next biennial election in an odd-numbered year, not at the November 2020 election. It rejected the plaintiff's federal and state constitutional challenges, concluding that the charter did not require an earlier election or validation of votes cast in a legally unauthorized election. The court also held that municipal estoppel could not validate the void election because the plaintiff suffered no legally cognizable loss and lacked diligence in determining the charter's requirements.