Section 31-51q

Citation: Section 31-51q
Parent Document: Cotto v. United Technologies Corp., 251 Conn. 1 (1999)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 1999-10-12
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7898264/cotto-v-united-technologies-corp/ ↗

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The defendant moved to strike the plaintiffs complaint on the ground that it failed to state a cause of action under § 31-51q. The trial court agreed, reasoning that the “[plaintiffs speech at his workplace is not *24protected by the first amendment of the United States Constitution or section 3, 4 or 14 of article first of the Connecticut constitution.” The gist of the trial court’s reasoning was that, because both the first amendment and article first protect speech only from governmental, and not private, conduct, the statute did not protect the plaintiffs expressions as against his private employer at his private, as opposed to a governmental, workplace.

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