Title 51 — Title 51: Courts
26 chapters · 500 sections in this title.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-198 Constitution of Supreme Court; retired judges, terms, participation in meetings; deliberation and participation in disposition of case after age of seventy.
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Sec. 51-198. Constitution of Supreme Court; retired judges, terms, participation in meetings; deliberation and participation in disposition of case after age of seventy. (a) The Supreme Court shall consist of one Chief Justice and six associate judges, who shall, at the time of t…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-198a Law clerks.
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Sec. 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 Section 51-198a is repealed.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.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-199 Jurisdiction.
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Sec. 51-199. Jurisdiction. (a) The Supreme Court shall have final and conclusive jurisdiction of all matters brought before it according to law, and may carry into execution all its judgments and decrees and institute rules of practice and procedure as to matters before it. (b) T…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-199a Short title: Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act.
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Sec. 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 Section 51-199a is repealed, effective June 3, 1999.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. 1–9; P.A. 99-107, S. 14, 15.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-199b Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act.
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Sec. 51-199b. Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act. (a) This section may be cited as the “Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act”. (b) As used in this section: (1) “State” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto R…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-200 Terms and special sessions.
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Sec. 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 judg…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-201 Chief clerk of the Supreme Court.
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Sec. 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. (194…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-202 Court docket.
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Sec. 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.…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-203 Assignment of cases.
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Sec. 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 b…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-204 Quorum; judges called in.
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Sec. 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.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-205 Judges released from judicial duties on Superior Court, exception.
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Sec. 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 …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-206 Adjournment in absence of judges.
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Sec. 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.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-207 Composition of panel. Summoning of court members or other judges to constitute panel.
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Sec. 51-207. Composition of panel. Summoning of court members or other judges to constitute panel. (a) The Supreme Court shall sit in panels of five, six or seven judges, pursuant to rules adopted by said court. (b) Each party in any case before the Supreme Court has a right to b…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-208 Judgment by agreement of parties.
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Sec. 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 wr…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-209 Majority of judges on panel to concur in decision. Procedure when court evenly divided.
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Sec. 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 majo…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-210 Costs of preparation and transmission of records in appealed cases.
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Sec. 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 w…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-211 Notice of decisions.
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Sec. 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.…