HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen vowed Thursday to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that said former Gov. John G. Rowland’s administration violated unionized state employees’ constitutional rights when he laid off 2,800 of them in 2003.
Jepsen said in a statement that the May 31 ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan could have “potentially significant consequences for Connecticut taxpayers.” Rowland has said the appellate court ruling would make it harder for governors and local officials across the country to negotiate contracts with unions.
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