(a) The chief referee shall schedule a date for a hearing pursuant to § 46a-84 to be held within forty-five days of any temporary injunctive relief or restraining order issued pursuant to § 46a-89a. Such temporary injunctive relief or restraining order shall remain in effect until the presiding officer renders a decision on the complaint. If the commission does not conduct its hearing procedure with reasonable speed, the court, on the motion of the respondent and for good cause shown, shall remove such temporary injunction and assume jurisdiction of all civil proceedings arising out of the complaint and shall set the matter for hearing on the merits. The presiding officer shall render a decision within twenty days after the close of evidence and the filing of briefs.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 46a-90a

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.

(b) When the presiding officer finds that the respondent has engaged in any discriminatory practice prohibited by § 46a-60, 46a-64, 46a-64c, 46a-81c, 46a-81d or 46a-81e and grants relief on the complaint, requiring that a temporary injunction remain in effect, the executive director may, through the procedure outlined in subsection (a) of § 46a-95, petition the court which granted the original temporary injunction to make the injunction permanent.

(c) Upon issuance of a permanent injunction, the case shall be returned to the commission for such further action as is authorized by this chapter.

(d) Any temporary injunction issued under § 46a-89a shall remain in effect during any appeal under § 46a-94a, or any enforcement procedure under § 46a-95, unless removed by the court.