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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 882 - Superior Court › Section 51-194. - Review division, appointment; meetings; disqualification; secretary.

The Chief Justice shall appoint three judges of the Superior Court to act as a review division of the court and shall designate one of the judges to act as chairman thereof. The clerk of the Superior Court for the judicial district of Hartford shall record the appointments and shall give notice thereof to the clerk of the court for each other judicial district. Said division shall meet at such times and places as its business requires, as determined by the chairman. The decision of any two of the judges shall be sufficient to determine any matter before the review division. No judge may sit or act on a review of a sentence imposed by him and, in any case in which review of a sentence imposed by any of the judges serving on the review division is to be acted on by the division, the Chief Justice may designate another judge to act in place of the judge. The review division is authorized to appoint a secretary and such clerical help as it deems adequate, whose compensation shall be fixed in accordance with section 51-12.
(1957, P.A. 436, S. 1; September, 1957, P.A. 14, S. 1, 6; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 6, 127; P.A. 80-313, S. 50; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)
History: P.A. 78-280 replaced general references to counties with references to judicial districts and replaced “Hartford county” with “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”; P.A. 80-313 substituted “may” for “shall” and “the” for “such” or “said” where appearing; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 149 C. 694; 168 C. 623. Constitutionality of section discussed and affirmed. 187 C. 109.
Cited. 1 CA 724; 21 CA 557.
Cited. 25 CS 473. Parties may waive their statutory rights to decision by review board of three judges and agree to accept decision by review board of two judges. 27 CS 316. Cited. 42 CS 371.
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 416.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 882 - Superior Court › Section 51-197. - Forms and rules of procedure.

The review division shall prescribe forms to be used in accordance with section 51-195 and make rules for procedure under sections 51-195 and 51-196.
(1957, P.A. 436, S. 4; September, 1957, P.A. 14, S. 4.)
Constitutionality of section discussed and affirmed. 187 C. 109. Cited. 224 C. 347.
Cited. 1 CA 724; 46 CA 486.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 882 - Superior Court › Section 51-197d. - Jurisdiction of appellate session.

Section 51-197d is repealed.
(P.A. 77-347, S. 3, 11; P.A. 78-280, S. 85, 127; P.A. 79-376; 79-540, S. 9; P.A. 80-234, S. 2; P.A. 81-416, S. 2, 5; P.A. 82-248, S. 100; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 80, 82.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 882 - Superior Court › Section 51-197e. - Consolidation of appeals.

When any appeal pending before the Appellate Court involves the same cause of action, transaction or occurrence as an appeal pending before the Supreme Court, the appeals may be consolidated in the Supreme Court.
(P.A. 77-347, S. 4, 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 6, 82.)
History: P.A. 77-347 effective July 1, 1978, through June 30, 1979; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 deleted reference to appellate session and deleted provision re establishment of rules governing consolidation by superior court judges.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 882 - Superior Court › Section 51-197f. - Further review by certification only.

Upon final determination of any appeal by the Appellate Court, there shall be no right to further review except the Supreme Court shall have the power to certify cases for its review upon petition by an aggrieved party or by the appellate panel which heard the matter. A vote of three judges of the Supreme Court shall be required to certify a case for review by the Supreme Court, except that if fewer than six judges of said court are available to consider a petition, a vote of two judges of said court shall be required to certify a case, under such other rules as the justices of said court shall establish. The procedure on appeal from the Appellate Court to the Supreme Court shall, except as otherwise provided, be in accordance with the procedure provided by rule or law for the appeal of judgments rendered by the Superior Court, unless modified by rule of the justices of the Supreme Court.
(P.A. 77-347, S. 5, 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 7, 82; P.A. 96-179, S. 8; P.A. 12-133, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 77-347 effective July 1, 1978, through June 30, 1979; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 deleted provisions re appellate session and substituted provisions re appellate court; P.A. 96-179 changed the vote required for certification from two to three justices of the Supreme Court; P.A. 12-133 added provision specifying that if fewer than 6 judges of Supreme Court are available to consider a petition, a vote of 2 judges shall be required to certify a case, and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2012.
Cited. 186 C. 153. Decision of Appellate Court denying petition for certification was not a “final” determination of an appeal by Appellate Court within meaning of statute. 194 C. 277. Cited. 196 C. 676; 220 C. 922; 221 C. 84; 222 C. 331; 224 C. 711; 226 C. 230; 229 C. 178; 230 C. 427; 236 C. 266; Id., 388; 241 C. 282. Meaning of “party” distinguished from meaning in Sec. 52-263. 250 C. 147. A final determination exists for purposes of Supreme Court jurisdiction under section once Appellate Court conclusively resolves the issue or issues before it and disposes of the cause such that no further action is necessary by Appellate Court. 293 C. 247. A writ of error is tantamount to an appeal for purposes of this section and Supreme Court has jurisdiction to grant certification to appeal Appellate Court's judgment on transferred writ of error. 331 C. 711.
Cited. 4 CA 1. Supreme Court's review is discretionary; certification process does not create a right to counsel. 54 CA 400.
Cited. 38 CS 356.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 883 - Supreme Court › Section 51-198a. - Law clerks.

Section 51-198a is repealed.
(1959, P.A. 623, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 286; 1971, P.A. 588; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 382, 681; P.A. 78-130, S. 1, 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 883 - Supreme Court › Section 51-199a. - Short title: Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act.

Section 51-199a is repealed, effective June 3, 1999.
(P.A. 85-111, S. 1
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9; P.A. 99-107, S. 14, 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 883 - Supreme Court › Section 51-200. - Terms and special sessions.

Terms of the Supreme Court shall be held at Hartford and the specific dates of such terms shall be posted on the Internet web site of the Judicial Branch. Special sessions may be held at any other time or place as fixed by rule of the judges or on call of the Chief Justice.
(1949 Rev., S. 7675; P.A. 10-43, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 10-43 replaced provision re terms held on first Tuesday of each month except July, August and September with provision re specific dates of terms shall be posted on Internet web site of Judicial Branch, deleted requirement that term continue until business ready at its beginning is disposed of and replaced special “terms” with special “sessions”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 883 - Supreme Court › Section 51-201. - Chief clerk of the Supreme Court.

The judges of the Supreme Court shall appoint a chief clerk of the Supreme Court who shall not be a chief clerk of any judicial district. The chief clerk of the Supreme Court shall also be the chief clerk of the Appellate Court.
(1949 Rev., S. 7684; P.A. 82-248, S. 103; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 65, 82; P.A. 12-133, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 82-248 substituted “judicial district” for “county”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 rewrote section, providing for appointment of a chief clerk of the supreme court by justices of the supreme court and providing that such chief clerk shall also be the chief clerk of the appellate court; P.A. 12-133 substituted “judges” for “justices”, effective July 1, 2012.
Who are such clerks; duties. 70 C. 337.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 883 - Supreme Court › Section 51-202. - Court docket.

The chief clerk of the Supreme Court shall keep the docket of the Supreme Court. The chief clerk of the Appellate Court shall keep the docket of the Appellate Court.
(1949 Rev., S. 7676; P.A. 78-280, S. 86, 127; P.A. 81-472, S. 150, 159; P.A. 82-248, S. 104; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 66, 82.)
History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial districts” for “counties” generally and “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” for “Hartford county” specifically, adding judicial districts of Ansonia-Milford, Waterbury and Danbury; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 82-248 rephrased section but made no substantive change; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 deleted former provisions re clerk of the supreme court and court docket and added new provisions requiring chief clerk of the supreme court to keep docket of the supreme court and the appellate court.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-218 and 51-219. - Jury service for women. Exemption from jury service.

Sections 51-218 and 51-219 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7907, 7927; P.A. 73-47; P.A. 75-264, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-52, S. 4, 8; P.A. 78-197; P.A. 79-386; P.A. 82-248, S. 121; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, S. 17, 18; P.A. 84-393, S. 18–20.)
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-219b. - How to determine number of jurors to be summoned.

(a) In determining the number of jurors to be summoned for jury duty at a court location, the following factors, as well as any other factors which may be relevant, shall be considered: The number of judges assigned to jury trials at the court location; the types of cases that will come to trial during the period of time for which the panel will be summoned; the experience of the court location in regard to the number of jurors who actually serve in relation to the number of jurors who are summoned for service; and the experience of the court location in regard to the number of jurors required in the juror pool in order to insure that judicial affairs will be reasonably conducted without delay.
(b) Clerks of court shall keep and furnish any records and data which the Jury Administrator requires in order to determine whether jurors are being effectively utilized.
(c) For the purpose of analyzing whether the number of prospective jurors required by section 51-220 is suitable, at such times as the Jury Administrator deems necessary, each chief clerk of the Superior Court shall notify the Jury Administrator in writing of (1) the estimated number of prospective jurors who will be needed to serve at such particular court location or locations during the year commencing the first of the next succeeding September, and (2) the towns from which the prospective jurors shall be drawn.
(P.A. 76-52, S. 2, 8; P.A. 77-452, S. 66, 72; P.A. 79-242, S. 1; P.A. 86-278, S. 4, 12.)
History: P.A. 77-452 removed clerks of common pleas court from requirements of Subsec. (c), reflecting transfer of common pleas court functions to superior court enacted by P.A. 76-436, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 79-242 required notification of “chief” clerks of superior court of estimated numbers of jurors and towns from which jurors are to be drawn during October rather than during November in Subsec. (c); P.A. 86-278 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting “during the month of October of each year” and inserting “at such times as the jury administrator deems necessary” in lieu thereof.
Cited. 197 C. 629.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-219c. - Adjustment in number of jurors.

If it is determined that any estimate by the chief clerks under subsection (c) of section 51-219b, is in excess of or lacking in the number of jurors chosen under section 51-220 for those towns within a given judicial district, the Jury Administrator may adjust the number of jurors chosen for those towns within the judicial district in the following manner: (1) The total adjustment in number shall be determined by the Jury Administrator and (2) where possible, the total adjustment shall be apportioned among all towns within the judicial district and in proportion to each town's population based on the last United States census.
(P.A. 79-242, S. 2; P.A. 82-307, S. 1, 8; P.A. 86-278, S. 5, 12.)
History: P.A. 82-307 replaced the provisions that authorized the jury administrator to “increase” the number of jurors with authority to “adjust” the number of jurors, applicable with respect to summoning jurors on or after September 1, 1983; P.A. 86-278 deleted former Subdivs. (3) and (4) re notification of town jury committees of adjustment in number of jurors and procedure if adjustment in number is unwarranted.
Cited. 197 C. 629; 237 C. 454.
Cited. 40 CA 762.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-221 and 51-222. - Jury committees; selection of jurors. Towns failing to file lists of jurors.

Sections 51-221 and 51-222 are repealed, effective October 1, 1997.
(1949 Rev., S. 7909, 7910; 1951, S. 3161d; February, 1965, P.A. 620, S. 1; P.A. 76-52, S. 6, 8; P.A. 76-436, S. 110, 681; P.A. 82-11, S. 4, 5, 12; 82-307, S. 6, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, S. 7, 8, 18; P.A. 84-393, S. 6, 7, 18, 20; P.A. 85-613, S. 77, 154; P.A. 86-278, S. 6, 12; P.A. 94-169, S. 8, 9, 20; P.A. 97-200, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-223. - State Jury Commission. Inquiry blanks. Jury lists.

Section 51-223 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7912; 1949, 1951, S. 3164d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 206; February, 1965, P.A. 620, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 718, S. 1; P.A. 74-183, S. 53, 291; P.A. 76-52, S. 7, 8; P.A. 76-436, S. 103, 681; P.A. 82-11, S. 6, 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, S. 17, 18; P.A. 84-393, S. 18–20.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-224. - Incomplete list. Preparation of subsequent list.

If a registrar of voters of a town, after a request from the Jury Administrator pursuant to section 51-222a, fails to provide the list to the Jury Administrator or to the Jury Administrator's representative, the Jury Administrator shall notify the state's attorney for the judicial district of the town from which such list has not been received and shall, at the same time, notify the registrar of voters of such town that such list has not been received. In addition, if the Jury Administrator has not received a list from a registrar of voters of a town, and determines there is a need for additional jurors, the Jury Administrator shall select from the list compiled under subsection (b) of section 51-222a, the names of as many persons as are necessary to make up the number of jurors provided for that town or city, who are in his judgment qualified and eligible to serve.
(1949 Rev., S. 7913; 1951, S. 3165d; P.A. 82-11, S. 7, 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, S. 9, 18; P.A. 84-393, S. 9, 18, 20; P.A. 86-278, S. 8, 12; P.A. 94-169, S. 11, 20; P.A. 96-179, S. 4; P.A. 97-200, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 82-11 replaced references to “jury commissioners” and “clerk of the superior court” with “state jury commission” and “jury administrator”, respectively, and deleted provisions concerning the procedure if a jury committee fails to submit a jury list; 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 provision re inability of jury commission to prepare list of qualified jurors and replaced state jury commission with jury administrator in provision re selection of jurors if jury committee fails to send list; P.A. 84-393 repealed amendments enacted by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5 and amended Subsec. (a) by adding specific language re erasure from list by state jury commission of persons not qualified to serve as jurors and making provisions of Subsec. applicable to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or before August 31, 1986; and added Subsec. (b) re failure of jury committee to send in list and preparation of subsequent list by jury administrator, applicable to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or after September 1, 1986; P.A. 86-278 amended Subsec. (b) by adding “or if the jury administrator determines there is a need for additional jurors”; P.A. 94-169 eliminated obsolete provisions, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 96-179 added reference to list compiled under Sec. 51-222a(b) for juror selection process commencing September 1, 1997; P.A. 97-200 rephrased section and added provision re notification of state's attorney if town fails to provide list.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-225 to 51-228. - Compensation of members of State Jury Commission. Designation of clerks. Preparation of slips with jurors' names and placement in jury boxes. Summoning of jurors for court in Tolland County from Manchester and in Middlesex County from Wallingford and Meriden. Jurors for the judicial district of Ansonia-Milford. List of jurors for court of common pleas for judicial district of Waterbury. List of jurors for Circuit Court; drawing of jurors. Transmission of lists of jurors for coroners inquests to town clerks.

Sections 51-225 to 51-228, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3609, 7914, 7916, 7917; 1949, S. 3167d, 3172d; 1951, S. 1973d; 1955, S. 3167d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 98, 208; 1963, P.A. 447, S. 1, 2; 1967, P.A. 256, S. 1, 2; 695, S. 3–5; 901, S. 10; 1971, P.A. 555, S. 2, 3; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 6, 7; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 19, 20; P.A. 74-183, S. 196, 280, 291; P.A. 75-26, S. 3, 8; 75-578, S. 17; P.A. 76-435, S. 6, 66, 82; 76-436, S. 469, 675, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 13, 17, 65; P.A. 82-11, S. 8, 12; 82-248, S. 125; 82-298, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, S. 17, 18; P.A. 84-393, S. 18–20.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-229. - Additional jurors may be drawn at any time.

The Superior Court may, at any time, at its discretion, order the drawing of a sufficient number of additional jurors to prevent the necessity of summoning talesmen.
(1949 Rev., S. 7918; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 207; P.A. 74-183, S. 54, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 104, 681.)
History: 1959 act included circuit court; P.A. 74-183 removed circuit court from purview of section, reflecting transfer of its functions to court of common pleas, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 removed court of common pleas from purview of section, reflecting transfer of its functions to superior court, effective July 1, 1978.
Proper method of drawing jurors as talesmen. 100 C. 730. Cited. 197 C. 629.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-230. - Drawing of jurors in judicial districts.

Section 51-230 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7915; 1949, 1953, 1955, S. 3168d; 1957, P.A. 327, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 346, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 785, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 8; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 20; P.A. 74-183, S. 84a, 291.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-231. - Drawing of jurors.

Section 51-231 is repealed, effective October 1, 1997.
(1955, S. 3169d; 1957, P.A. 327, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 346, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 785, S. 2; P.A. 74-183, S. 84, 291; P.A. 75-530, S. 10, 35; P.A. 76-436, S. 128, 681; P.A. 77-452, S. 18, 72; 77-576, S. 14, 65; P.A. 82-307, S. 3, 8; P.A. 97-200, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-232a. - Modification of date, location or other condition of juror service.

The Jury Administrator may modify the date, location or other condition of juror service in order to meet the urgent needs of the court. The Jury Administrator shall employ any means of notice that is appropriate under the circumstances.
(P.A. 84-393, S. 11, 20; 84-546, S. 112, 173; P.A. 94-169, S. 13, 20.)
History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 84-546 made technical change in repealed section 11 of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5 which the Revisors applied to identically worded provision of the successor act, P.A. 84-393); P.A. 94-169 deleted Subsec. (b) which limited applicability of section to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or after September 1, 1986, effective July 1, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-232b. - Limitation re summons for jury duty.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 51-217a and 51-238a, when the number of jurors available for service for the jury year has been exhausted a juror may be impaneled in a new case not sooner than three months after he has been in attendance as a juror.
(P.A. 84-393, S. 15, 20; P.A. 86-278, S. 10, 12; P.A. 94-169, S. 14, 20.)
History: P.A. 86-278 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that, notwithstanding Secs. 51-217a and 51-238a, a juror may be impaneled not sooner than three months after attendance as juror, when number of available jurors has been exhausted; P.A. 94-169 deleted Subsec. (b) which limited applicability of section to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or after September 1, 1986, effective July 1, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-233. - Verdict not affected by irregularities in summoning jurors.

No verdict may be set aside on account of any irregularity in summoning the jury.
(1949 Rev., S. 7919; P.A. 82-248, S. 126.)
History: P.A. 82-248 rephrased section, substituting “may” for “shall”.
Cited. 72 C. 115. Statute does not apply to overruling of proper challenge. 80 C. 614. Failure to summon first panel before additional jurors are drawn and summoned held cured by section. 106 C. 702; Id., 718. Irregularities in drawing or summoning jury not ground for new trial unless actually prejudicial to accused. 103 C. 472; 105 C. 338; 106 C. 718. Any departure from established rule is a defect, but if not taken advantage of at the time of occurrence, or not discovered at the time, it is a defect healed by verdict, unless it is made fatal by plain provisions of law or is of such a nature that it may have unjustly affected the results. 146 C. 59.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-234. - Accommodations for jury panel.

The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall provide a suitable assembly room in the courthouse for the common jury panel.
(1955, S. 3171d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 35; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 610; P.A. 84-436, S. 9, 12; P.A. 97-200, S. 8.)
History: 1961 act substituted public works commissioner for county commissioners in Hartford, Fairfield and New Haven counties, county government having been abolished; P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 84-436 replaced commissioner of administrative services with office of the chief court administrator, effective July 1, 1985; P.A. 97-200 deleted reference to Sec. 51-231.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 884 - Jurors › Section 51-235 and 51-236. - Summoning of justice jurors. Return of jury warrant; fine.

Sections 51-235 and 51-236 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7923, 7924, 7929; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204; P.A. 82-11, S. 11, 12.)