Supreme Court of Connecticut
Thornton v. Jacobs
July 2, 2021339 Conn. 495
Summary
The court dismissed the certified appeal as moot because the plaintiffs withdrew the Connecticut subpoena after securing an alternative Florida subpoena. It nevertheless vacated the Appellate Court’s judgment because the plaintiffs’ unilateral withdrawal prevented Jacobs, through no fault of her own, from obtaining review of the adverse frivolousness ruling. The court rejected speculative reissuance, sanctions, and collateral-consequence arguments as insufficient to preserve a live controversy.