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CT Gen Stat § 51-203 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883 - Supreme Court|Section 51-203 - Assignment of cases.

 (a) Assignment of cases for hearing by the Supreme Court shall be made by the chief clerk of the Supreme Court, under the direction of the Chief Justice or an associate judge designated by the Chief Justice.(b) Assignments of cases for hearing by the Appellate Court shall be made by the chief clerk of the Appellate Court, under the direction of the Chief Judge or an Appellate Court judge designated by the Chief Judge.(c) Assignments shall ordinarily be made in the order in which cases stand upon the docket of cases ready to be heard; but counsel may, in writing and in the manner provided by the rules of the Supreme Court or Appellate Court, as the case may be, request a variation in such order. Assignments shall be made, so far as reasonably possible, in accordance with any such request or in a way which suits the convenience of counsel.(1949 Rev., S. 7677; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 105; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 67, 82; P.A. 87-198, S. 5, 6; P.A. 10-43, S. 2.)History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” for “Hartford county”; P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs., but made no substantive change; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 added reference to clerk of supreme court for the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain to chief clerk of the supreme court, added provision re assignment of cases for hearing by appellate court in Subsec. (b) and added “of cases ready to be heard” in Subsec. (c); P.A. 87-198 substituted “chief judge” for “chief presiding judge”; P.A. 10-43 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “at the Supreme Court room in Hartford” and “on or before the Thursday preceding the beginning of each term, the day and hour to be fixed by rule of court”, amended Subsec. (b) to delete “the day and hour to be fixed by rule of court” and amended Subsec. (c) to replace provision re counsel may by personal appearance or communication present stipulation or reason why regular order should be departed from with provision re counsel may request a variation in order and to replace “stipulation” with “request”.Power of court under former statute to pass order in one district concerning appeal pending in another. 70 C. 500.
CT Gen Stat § 51-204 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883 - Supreme Court|Section 51-204 - Quorum; judges called in.

 Section 51-204 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010.(1949 Rev., S. 7678; P.A. 82-248, S. 106; P.A. 10-43, S. 43.)
CT Gen Stat § 51-205 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883 - Supreme Court|Section 51-205 - Judges released from judicial duties on Superior Court, exception.

 The judges of the Supreme Court shall be released from sitting on the Superior Court, except that the Chief Justice may assign any such judge to sit on the Superior Court whenever in his judgment the public business may require it.(1949 Rev., S. 7679; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 35; P.A. 78-280, S. 87, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 107.)History: 1967 act deleted provision re release from doing circuit duty; P.A. 78-280 referred to judges' sitting on superior court rather than to their holding terms or sessions of court, reflecting fact that court now sits continuously; P.A. 82-248 reworded section but made no substantive change.
CT Gen Stat § 51-206 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883 - Supreme Court|Section 51-206 - Adjournment in absence of judges.

 Section 51-206 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010.(1949 Rev., S. 7680; P.A. 00-99, S. 106, 154; P.A. 01-195, S. 54, 181; P.A. 10-43, S. 43.)
CT Gen Stat § 51-208 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883 - Supreme Court|Section 51-208 - Judgment by agreement of parties.

 When the parties in any action pending before the Supreme Court, or their attorneys, sign and file with the clerk an agreement as to the judgment which shall be rendered therein, the clerk may enter judgment in the action upon the written order of the Chief Justice or presiding judge of the Supreme Court.(1949 Rev., S. 7682; P.A. 82-248, S. 109.)History: P.A. 82-248 reworded section but made no substantive change.
CT Gen Stat § 51-209 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883 - Supreme Court|Section 51-209 - Majority of judges on panel to concur in decision. Procedure when court evenly divided.

 No ruling, judgment or decree of any court may be reversed, affirmed, sustained, modified or in any other manner affected by the Supreme Court or the Appellate Court unless a majority of the judges on the panel hearing the cause concur in the decision. No cause reserved, where no verdict has been rendered, judgment given or decree passed, shall be determined unless a majority of the judges on the panel hearing the cause concur in the decision. Whenever the Supreme Court is evenly divided as to the result, the court shall reconsider the case, with or without oral argument, with an odd number of judges. If the court reconsiders the case without oral argument, the judges who did not hear oral argument shall have available to them the electronic recording or transcript of the oral argument before participating in the decision. If a judge who is a member of a panel is not present for oral argument, the judge shall have available to him or her the electronic recording or transcript of the oral argument.(1949 Rev., S. 7683; P.A. 82-248, S. 110; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 68, 82; P.A. 10-43, S. 4.)History: P.A. 82-248 substituted “may” for “shall”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 added reference to appellate court, added “affirmed, sustained, modified or in any manner affected”, deleted language re equal division of judges and casting vote of the chief justice, and added language requiring a majority of judges to concur in decision and reargument before full panel when case argued before even number of judges and court is evenly divided as result; P.A. 10-43 provided that it is majority of judges on panel who must concur in decision, deleted provision requiring reargument before full panel when case is argued before even number of judges and court is evenly divided as to result, added provision requiring reconsideration, with or without oral argument, with odd number of judges when court evenly divided as to result, and added provisions re availability of electronic recording or transcript of oral argument.
CT Gen Stat § 51-210 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883 - Supreme Court|Section 51-210 - Costs of preparation and transmission of records in appealed cases.

 Any expense necessarily incurred by the clerk of the Superior Court in preparing copies of the files and records for transmittal to the Supreme Court or Appellate Court in any case appealed or on a writ of error from the Superior Court to the Supreme Court shall, when approved by the court, be taxed and paid in the same manner as other court expenses. The judges of the Supreme Court or the Appellate Court, as the case may be, may provide by rule that files and records in appeals or on writs of error be typewritten in appropriate cases.(1949 Rev., S. 7685; P.A. 76-436, S. 109, 681; P.A. 77-452, S. 16, 72; P.A. 78-280, S. 88, 127; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 40, 82.)History: P.A. 76-436 applied provisions specifically to superior court where previously applicable to any court and added provision re typewritten files and records, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-452 added general reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted detailed provisions re transmission of copies of files and records from judgments rendered in specified counties, retaining general statements re expenses of preparing copies and typewritten files and records; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 included reference to appellate court.Necessity of having all exhibits as well as all testimony printed in record where appeal is from directed verdict; effect of stipulation of counsel that exhibits need not be printed. 100 C. 277.
CT Gen Stat § 51-211 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883 - Supreme Court|Section 51-211 - Notice of decisions.

 The chief clerk of the Supreme Court or of the Appellate Court shall transmit a notice of the decision upon a motion or of an order to the clerk of the court from which the action proceeded and give notice to all counsel of record.(1949 Rev., S. 7686; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 111; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 69, 82.)History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county”; P.A. 82-248 reworded section but made no substantive change; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 rewrote section, deleting former provisions re clerk of the supreme court for each judicial district, and added provision requiring chief clerk of the supreme court or appellate court to transmit notice of decision upon a motion or order to clerk of court from which action proceeded and give notice to all counsel of record.
CT Gen Stat § 51-212 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883a - Reporter of Judicial Decisions|Section 51-212 - Reporter of Judicial Decisions. Reports of Supreme Court opinions. Compilation of legal publications.

 (a) The judges of the Supreme Court shall, from time to time, appoint a reporter of its judicial decisions, and, in the event of his temporary illness or disability, may designate someone to perform his duties.(b) The reporter or the person appointed to perform his duties shall make reports of the cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court, prepare the reports for publication, and insert after the syllabus of each case the date of the arguments and the date of the decision.(c) The reporter shall, from time to time at the direction of the Commission on Official Legal Publications, compile for publication cumulative supplements to the Connecticut Practice Book and perform such other duties in the compilation and preparation of material for publication in the official legal publications as may be assigned to him by the commission.(1949 Rev., S. 7687; 1955, S. 3120d; P.A. 82-248, S. 112.)History: P.A. 82-248 reworded section, divided section into Subsecs., deleted provision re retirement benefits of reporter and reenacted such provision as part of Sec. 51-216, and added provision re compilation of official legal publications formerly in Sec. 51-19.See Sec. 51-216a et seq. re legal publications.Reporter not obliged to furnish copies of opinions for publication in advance of official reports. 53 C. 419; 61 C. 417.
CT Gen Stat § 51-213 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883a - Reporter of Judicial Decisions|Section 51-213 - Reporter to file copy of opinions of Supreme Court and Appellate Court.

 A copy of the opinion of the Supreme Court or of the Appellate Court shall be filed by the Reporter of Judicial Decisions with the clerk of the court from which the action proceeded. The Reporter of Judicial Decisions shall send a rescript to the chief clerk of the Supreme Court or of the Appellate Court. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, official notification to counsel of record shall be by publication of the opinion in the Connecticut Law Journal.(1949 Rev., S. 7688; P.A. 73-541, S. 6, 8; P.A. 82-248, S. 113; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 70, 82.)History: P.A. 73-541 deleted requirement that copy of opinion be filed by reporter of judicial decisions “within two weeks after he has received such opinion”; P.A. 82-248 reworded section but made no substantive changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 rewrote section, deleting provisions re certified copies and adding reference to appellate court and provision requiring reporter of judicial decisions to send rescript to chief clerk and provision re official notification of counsel of record by publication in Connecticut Law Journal.Cited. 40 CA 30; 41 CA 89.
CT Gen Stat § 51-214 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883a - Reporter of Judicial Decisions|Section 51-214 - Reporter may authorize use of material in copyrighted index-digests.

 Section 51-214 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 7691; P.A. 82-248, S. 163.)
CT Gen Stat § 51-215 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883a - Reporter of Judicial Decisions|Section 51-215 - Publicly available briefs of all cases determined in Supreme Court and Appellate Court.

 The chief clerk of the Supreme Court shall electronically provide to the State Library publicly available briefs of all cases determined in the Supreme Court and the Appellate Court, in a format and on a schedule that is mutually agreed to by the chief clerk of the Supreme Court and the State Librarian.(1949 Rev., S. 1656; P.A. 82-248, S. 114; P.A. 90-234, S. 6, 8; P.A. 17-99, S. 9.)History: P.A. 82-248 reworded section and “county law library” changed to “law library under the supervision of the state library board”; P.A. 90-234 amended section to make technical change, deleting reference to “state library board” and substituting “office of the chief court administrator”; P.A. 17-99 deleted provisions re Reporter of Judicial Decisions to obtain sufficient number of records and briefs of all cases determined in Supreme Court, cause them to be bound with an index and send copy to State Library and each law library, and added provision re chief clerk of Supreme Court to electronically provide State Library publicly available briefs of all cases determined in Supreme Court and Appellate Court.
CT Gen Stat § 51-215a. (Formerly Sec. 51-21) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883a - Reporter of Judicial Decisions|Section 51-215a. (Formerly Sec. 51-21) - Publication of Appellate Court decisions.

 The clerk of the Appellate Court shall file with the Reporter of Judicial Decisions copies of memoranda of decisions in Appellate Court cases. The reporter shall prepare all of the decisions for publication and index them in substantial conformity with the manner in which decisions of the Supreme Court are prepared and indexed. The decisions shall be published by the Commission on Official Legal Publications in the Connecticut Law Journal and in bound or electronic volumes.(1949 Rev., S. 1643; 1957, P.A. 176, S. 11; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 75; 1963, P.A. 288, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 544; P.A. 73-541, S. 4, 8; P.A. 74-183, S. 17, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 50, 681; P.A. 82-248, S. 115; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 61, 82; P.A. 15-85, S. 10; P.A. 18-75, S. 10.)History: 1959 act included circuit court decisions; 1963 act stipulated superior and common pleas court decisions only be published in the Connecticut Supplement; 1971 act added reference to juvenile court clerks and deleted provision which specified that filing memoranda of decisions is subject to rules adopted by the judges of the applicable courts; P.A. 73-541 replaced requirement that decisions of superior court and court of common pleas be published in Connecticut Supplement with general requirement that decisions be published in “such bound volumes as the reporter of judicial decisions deems necessary”; P.A. 74-183 removed circuit court clerks from purview of section, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 removed juvenile court and court of common pleas clerks from purview of section, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 82-248 reworded section, but made no substantive change; Sec. 51-21 transferred to Sec. 51-215a in 1983; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 added Subsec. (b) re duties of clerk of appellate court, reporter of judicial decisions and commission on official legal publications re decisions in appellate court cases; P.A. 15-85 deleted former Subsec. (a) re responsibility of clerks of Superior Court to file copies of memoranda of decisions in Superior Court cases with Reporter of Judicial Decisions and deleted Subsec. (b) designator; P.A. 18-75 added reference to electronic volumes, effective June 4, 2018.See Sec. 51-196 re review of decisions.Cited. 41 CA 89.
CT Gen Stat § 51-215b. (Formerly Sec. 51-20) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883a - Reporter of Judicial Decisions|Section 51-215b. (Formerly Sec. 51-20) - Digests of decisions.

 Section 51-215b is repealed, effective October 1, 2015.(1955, S. 1012d; 1957, P.A. 176, S. 10; 1963, P.A. 288, S. 5; P.A. 73-541, S. 3, 8; P.A. 82-248, S. 116; P.A. 15-85, S. 27.)
CT Gen Stat § 51-216 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883a - Reporter of Judicial Decisions|Section 51-216 - Salary and fees of reporter.

 (a) The salary of the Reporter of Judicial Decisions shall be determined by the judges of the Supreme Court.(b) The reporter shall receive for copies of opinions such sum per page as is fixed by the judges, such fees to be accounted for to the Comptroller and paid over to the Treasurer. The Reporter of Judicial Decisions shall not receive fees for certified copies of opinions filed pursuant to the provisions of section 51-213 or for such copies as the judges may direct him to furnish without charge.(c) The reporter shall be eligible for the benefits of the state employees retirement plan as provided by chapter 66.(1949 Rev., S. 3599; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 12; P.A. 82-248, S. 117.)History: P.A. 82-248 rephrased the section, inserted Subsec. indicators and added Subsec. (c) concerning eligibility for retirement benefits, which was formerly part of Sec. 51-212.See Sec. 51-212 re appointment and duties of Reporter of Judicial Decisions.Reporter cannot be required either to give, or to allow to be taken, copies of decisions for publication. 53 C. 416; 61 C. 413.
CT Gen Stat § 51-216c. (Formerly Sec. 51-17) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 883b - Commission on Official Legal Publications|Section 51-216c. (Formerly Sec. 51-17) - Director of production and distribution.

 The commission shall, from time to time, appoint, fix the salaries of, and prescribe the duties of, a director of production and distribution and the necessary employees of his office.(1957, P.A. 176, S. 7; P.A. 82-298, S. 1.)History: P.A. 82-298 changed “supervisor” to “director”; Sec. 51-17 transferred to Sec. 51-216c in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 51-217a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 884 - Jurors|Section 51-217a - Jurors excused from service. Option to be considered for service.

 (a) A person shall be excused from jury service during the jury year commencing September 1, 1999, and each jury year thereafter, if during the next three preceding jury years such person appeared in a court for jury service and was not excused from such jury service, except that such person may request to be summoned for jury service during such three-jury-year period in the same manner as persons are summoned who are not excused from jury service. Such request may be made at any time with written notice to the Jury Administrator.(b) The court shall have authority to excuse a juror from juror service, upon a finding of extreme hardship.(P.A. 84-393, S. 2, 20; P.A. 86-278, S. 2, 12; P.A. 94-169, S. 5, 20; P.A. 98-81, S. 6; P.A. 08-103, S. 1.)History: P.A. 86-278 added provisions re excuse from service during jury year commencing September 1, 1986, for service during preceding year and excuse from service during jury year commencing September 1, 1987, and each jury year thereafter, for service during next two preceding years; P.A. 94-169 eliminated obsolete provisions by deleting former Subsecs. (a) and (d) and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 98-81 amended Subsec. (a) changing “1987” to “1999” and changing “two” to “three” preceding jury years; P.A. 08-103 amended Subsec. (a) to delete requirement re request to be excused from jury service and add provision re excused person may request to be summoned for jury service.
CT Gen Stat § 51-217b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 884 - Jurors|Section 51-217b - Information for prospective jurors. Postponement of jury service or accommodations for breastfeeding women.

 (a) The Judicial Branch shall maintain on its Internet web site a section providing prospective jurors with general information regarding jury service, including, but not limited to, information for breastfeeding women regarding their ability to postpone jury service. Said web site shall also provide contact information for Jury Administration in the event that a breastfeeding woman or other prospective juror would like to request that a reasonable accommodation be made.(b) The Jury Administrator shall provide training to his or her staff and court staff on discrete issues and policy for breastfeeding women who have been summoned for jury service, including, but not limited to, reasonable accommodations that may be made.(P.A. 12-51, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 51-219a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 51 - Courts|Chapter 884 - Jurors|Section 51-219a - Duties and powers of Jury Administrator.

 (a) The Jury Administrator, who is appointed in accordance with section 51-10 and subject to supervision by the Chief Court Administrator, shall be responsible for qualifying, summoning, selecting, managing and utilizing jurors in the Superior Court.(b) The Jury Administrator, subject to the approval of the Chief Court Administrator, shall have the authority to study and to implement procedures for the improvement of jury administration, for the reduction of costs of selection and management of jurors, and for the more effective utilization of jurors.(c) The Jury Administrator shall have the authority to cancel the service of any juror for good cause, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The town in which the juror resides is reassigned to a different judicial district than that to which the juror was originally summoned, or (2) there is a reduction in the need for jurors. When jury service is canceled due to a reduction in the need for jurors, individuals shall be selected on a random basis for cancellation of jury service.(d) The Jury Administrator shall have the authority to receive a list of deceased persons from the Department of Public Health and to delete the names of such persons from the lists compiled pursuant to section 51-222a. The Jury Administrator may exclude the names of additional deceased persons if supplied with a death certificate or other proof satisfactory to the Jury Administrator.(P.A. 76-52, S. 1, 8; P.A. 82-248, S. 122; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, S. 3, 18; P.A. 84-393, S. 3, 18, 20; P.A. 86-278, S. 3, 12; P.A. 97-200, S. 4; P.A. 98-81, S. 12, 20; P.A. 00-116, S. 2, 7.)History: P.A. 82-248 replaced “executive secretary of the judicial department” with “chief court administrator”, replaced “state-maintained courts” with “superior court” and inserted Subsec. indicators; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, effective July 1, 1985, and applicable to summoning of jurors for jury duty on and after September 1, 1986, deleted “qualifying” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 84-393 repealed amendments enacted by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5 and amended Subsec. (a) by providing that Subsec. (a) applies to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or before August 31, 1986, and added Subsec. (b) re duties and powers of jury administrator applicable to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or after September 1, 1986; P.A. 86-278 eliminated repetitive language in Subsec. (b) re duties of jury administrator; P.A. 97-200 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re design, implementation and maintenance of a computerized electronic data processing system; P.A. 98-81 added Subsec. (c) re authority of jury administrator to cancel service of juror for good cause, effective May 22, 1998; P.A. 00-116 added Subsec. (d) re authority of Jury Administrator to receive list of deceased persons from Department of Public Health and to delete names of deceased persons, effective September 1, 2000.