Second Circuit - Contracts Clause: Connecticut State Police Union v. Rovella

Daily Record Staff//August 11, 2022//

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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Contracts Clause

Preliminary injunction – Statute’s legitimate purpose

Connecticut State Police Union v. Rovella

20-3530-cv

Judges Lynch, Lohier, and Bianco

Background: The state legislature passed a law that nullified Freedom of Information Act exemptions, including the provision in the police union’s collective bargaining agreement. At issue is whether it was an abuse of discretion to deny the police union’s motion for a preliminary injunction on the ground that the union was unlikely to succeed on the merits of its contracts clause claim.

Ruling: The Second Circuit affirmed. The court held that the law the union sought to enjoin was reasonable and necessary to achieve a legitimate public purpose, there is no error in denying the motion.

Proloy K. Das, of Murtha Cullina, for the plaintiff-appellant; Michael K. Skold, assistant Attorney General, for the defendant-appellee.