Proloy K. Das and Kevin W. Munn, in support of the petition.
Aaron S. Bayer and David R. Roth, in opposition.
The plaintiff's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 192 Conn. App. 836 (AC 39746), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that General Statutes § 12-161a, which allows trial courts to award attorney's fees incurred by a municipality ‘as a result of and directly related to’ state court proceedings to collect unpaid personal property taxes, did not authorize the award of attorney's fees incurred by a municipality in defending a collateral action in federal court that challenged the municipality's authority to collect the personal property taxes at issue in the state court action?"
D'AURIA, J., did not participate in the consideration of or decision on this petition.