voluntary cessation exception in Connecticut

2024See, e.g., CT Freedom Alliance, LLC v. Dept. of Education, 346 Conn. 1 , 21, 287 A.3d 557 (2023) (‘‘[w]hen governmental actors have voluntarily ceased the conduct alleged to have been unlawful . . . we have determined that some deference is appropriate’’); Sullivan v. McDonald, 281 Conn. 122, 127 , 913 A.2d 403 (2007) (‘‘[w]hen the parties are public officials, the court may place greater stock in their representations than the court otherwise might’’).

2024See, e.g., CT Freedom Alliance, LLC v. Dept. of Education, 346 Conn. 1 , 21, 287 A.3d 557 (2023) (‘‘[w]hen governmental actors have voluntarily ceased the conduct alleged to have been unlawful . . . we have determined that some deference is appropriate’’); Sullivan v. McDonald, 281 Conn. 122, 127 , 913 A.2d 403 (2007) (‘‘[w]hen the parties are public officials, the court may place greater stock in their representations than the court otherwise might’’).

2023As between private parties, and relying on case law involv- ing private parties, we have stated that, ‘‘a defendant’s voluntary cessation of a challenged practice does not deprive a . . . court of its power to determine the legal- ity of the practice, because, [i]f it did, the courts would be compelled to leave [t]he defendant . . . free to return to his old ways.’’ (Internal quotation marks omit- ted.) Boisvert v. Gavis, 332 Conn. 115 , 139–40, 210 A.3d 1 (2019).

2023As between private parties, and relying on case law involv- ing private parties, we have stated that, ‘‘a defendant’s voluntary cessation of a challenged practice does not deprive a . . . court of its power to determine the legal- ity of the practice, because, [i]f it did, the courts would be compelled to leave [t]he defendant . . . free to return to his old ways.’’ (Internal quotation marks omit- ted.) Boisvert v. Gavis, 332 Conn. 115 , 139–40, 210 A.3d 1 (2019).

2019The voluntary cessation exception to the mootness doctrine is founded on "the principle that a party should *19 not be able to evade judicial review, or to defeat a judgment, by temporarily altering questionable behavior." City News & Novelty, Inc. v. Waukesha , 531 U.S. 278 , 284 n.1, 121 S. Ct. 743 , 148 L.

2019The voluntary cessation exception to the mootness doctrine is founded on "the principle that a party should *19 not be able to evade judicial review, or to defeat a judgment, by temporarily altering questionable behavior." City News & Novelty, Inc. v. Waukesha , 531 U.S. 278 , 284 n.1, 121 S. Ct. 743 , 148 L.