Eagen v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities, 42 A.3d 478 (2012)

Citation: Eagen v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities, 42 A.3d 478 (2012)
Parent Document: Eagen v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities, 42 A.3d 478 (2012)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 2012-05-22
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2297138/eagen-v-commission-on-human-rig... ↗

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The plaintiffs final claim is that the court should have considered errors of fact made by the referee. The defendants argue that this court cannot retry the facts of this case. In the alternative, the defendants argue that if we review the alleged errors of fact, we will conclude that the evidence supports the referee’s decision. We agree with the defendants that the plaintiff is asking that we retry the facts of this case, which we cannot do. “[R]eview of an administrative agency decision requires a court to determine whether there is substantial evidence in the administrative record to support the agency’s findings of basic fact and whether the conclusions drawn from those facts are reasonable. . . . Neither this court nor the trial court may retry the case or substitute its own judgment for that of the administrative agency on the weight of the evidence or questions of fact.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Murphy v. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles,

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