FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

In the Matter of a Complaint by FINAL DECISION
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation,
Complainants
against Docket #FIC 1997-299
Commissioner, State of Connecticut,
Department of Agriculture,
Respondents August 12, 1998
Ben A. Solnit,
Complainants
against Docket #FIC 1997-437
State of Connecticut, Auditors of Public
Accounts
Respondents
Ben A. Solnit,
Complainants
against Docket #FIC 1997-436
State of Connecticut, Department
of Revenue Services,
Respondents
Ben A. Solnit,
Complainants
against Docket #FIC 1997-435
State of Connecticut, Department of
Social Services,
Respondents
Ben A. Solnit,
Complainants
against Docket #FIC 1997-239
Commissioner, State of Connecticut,
Department of Public Health,
Respondents
Ben A. Solnit,
Complainants
against Docket #FIC 1997-439
State of Connecticut, Office of the
Attorney General,
Respondents
Ben A. Solnit,
Complainants
against Docket #FIC 1997-434
State of Connecticut, Department of
Consumer Protection,
Respondents
Ben A. Solnit,
Complainants
against Docket #FIC 1997-438
State of Connecticut, Office of the
Attorney General,
Respondents August 12, 1998
	The agreement between the parties in the above captioned matters, dated August 3, 
1998 (“agreement”), is hereby accepted and approved, as recommended by the 
ombudsman in her transmittal report of August 4, 1998.  The above captioned matters are 
deemed administratively withdrawn.
	The following order by the Commission is hereby recommended on the basis of 
the record concerning the above-captioned complaints:
	1.  The hearing officers designated to hear the renewed appeals described in the 
agreement will hold hearings on each such appeal within “approximately 30 days after 
receiving a written request for a hearing.”
	Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular 
meeting of August 12, 1998.


_________________________
Doris V. Luetjen
Acting Clerk of the Commission
PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-180(c), G.S., THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF 
EACH PARTY AND THE MOST RECENT MAILING ADDRESS, PROVIDED TO 
THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION, OF THE PARTIES OR THEIR 
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.
THE PARTIES TO THIS CONTESTED CASE ARE:
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
c/o Francis H. Morrison, III, Esq.
Day, Berry & Howard
CityPlace
Hartford, CT 06103-3499
Ben A. Solnit 
c/o Atty. Antonio Ponvert, III
Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn
205 Church Street
P.O. Box 1936
New Haven, CT 06509-1910
Attorney General, State of Connecticut, Office of the Attorney General; State of 
Connecticut, Auditors of Public Accounts; 
Commissioner, State of Connecticut, Department of Revenue Services; 
Commissioner, State of Connecticut, Department of Social Services; 
Commissioner, State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health; 
Commissioner, State of Connecticut, Department of Consumer Protection; and 
Commissioner, State of Connecticut; Department of Agriculture
c/o Eliot D. Prescott, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General
10 Franklin Square
New Britain, CT 06051-2605

__________________________
Doris V. Luetjen
Acting Clerk of the Commission



FIC1997-299, FIC1997-239, FIC1997-435, FIC1997-434, 
FIC1997-436, FIC1997-437, FIC1997-439, FIC1997-438/tcg/08181998