1997 Formal Opinions

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• Messrs. Kevin P. Johnston and Robert G. Jaekle, Auditors of Public Accounts, 1997-005 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding the settlement of an employment dispute with Marc Schillinger, a former state employee. Specifically, you inquire "whether the Governor, upon the recommendation of the Attorney General, has the authority under Section 3-7(c) [of the General Statutes] to compromise a claim in a manner which is not in accordance with Section 5-162 and 5-155a of the General Statutes."

• John F. Anderson, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 1997-001 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This letter is written in response to your request, on behalf of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station1 ("the Station"), for an opinion concerning several legal questions arising out of a recent report by the Auditors of Public Accounts. The report questioned the propriety of how the Board of the Station ("the Board") had managed four private charitable trusts.