Connecticut Appellate Court

The Connecticut Appellate Court is the court of first appeals for all cases arising from the Connecticut Superior Courts. Its creation in 1983 required Connecticut's voters and legislature to amend the state's constitution. The court heard its first cases on October 4, 1983.[1] The Appellate Court was also a partial successor to the former Appellate Session of the Superior Court, a court established to hear appeals in minor matters (e.g. misdemeanors and minor civil matters.)[2][3]

The Connecticut Appellate Court is composed of nine Appellate Court Judges. However, retired Judges of the Appellate Court and of the Supreme Court can still sit on Appellate Court panels, as needed. Retired Chief Justices Ellen Ash Peters, Francis McDonald, and William Sullivan continue to sit regularly with the Appellate Court, as do retired Justices David Borden and Barry Schaller, retired Appellate Court Chief Judges Antoinette Dupont and William Lavery, and a battery of other retired Appellate Court Judges (including Socrates Mihalakos, Joseph Pellegrino, George Stoughton, and Thomas West, among others). If the Chief Court Administrator is a Judge of the Appellate Court, the Appellate Court is authorized to have 10 seats. (Judge Joseph Pellegrino fulfilled this role and during his time, the Court had 10 members.)[4] Some Judges of the former Appellate Session of the Superior Court went on to serve on the Appellate Court, notably, John Daly and Francis X. Hennessy.

Current and former members

Current Members
Former Members

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See also

References

  1. History of the Connecticut Appellate Court, compiled by the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
  2. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/apphistory.htm
  3. https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/Abstract.aspx?id=54948
  4. http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/appjudge.html
  5. http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/appjudge13.html
  6. http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/appjudge15.html
  7. http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/appjudgeLavine.html
  8. http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/appjudgeBeach.html
  9. http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/appjudgeAlvord.html
  10. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/appjudgeSheldon.htm
  11. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/appjudge_Keller.html
  12. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/appJudge_Prescott.htm
  13. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/appJudge_Mullins.htm
  14. http://www.carmonfuneralhome.com/mobile/obit.php?name=Judge-William-C.-Bieluch&loca=West-Hartford-CT&id=1150002
  15. http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/appjudge8.html
  16. http://articles.courant.com/2009-03-12/news/obit_2279041v2d0312_1_chief-administrative-judge-connecticut-judges-association-van-der-meer
  17. http://votesmart.org/public-statement/412435/lieberman-honors-judge-albert-cretella-jr#.UWn9Or9Ah38
  18. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/25/style/judge-antoinette-l-dupont-marries-judge-a-w-cretella-jr-in-new-london.html
  19. http://articles.courant.com/2002-07-02/news/0207012750_1_michael-c-daly-appellate-court-judge-hon
  20. http://jud.ct.gov/external/news/Press138.html
  21. http://articles.courant.com/2003-12-17/news/0312170640_1_court-system-modern-court-traffic-violations
  22. http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/apphistory.htm
  23. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2004/tob/h/2004HJ-00031-R00-HB.htm
  24. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/apphistory.htm
  25. http://articles.courant.com/2013-01-16/news/hc-judge-hennessy-obit-0117-20130116_1_francis-x-hennessy-juvenile-court-court-administrator
  26. http://courantblogs.com/capitol-watch/retired-appellate-court-judge-francis-x-hennessy-dies-at-82-originally-appointed-by-ella-grasso-36-year-career-as-judge/
  27. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?pid=162421981#fbLoggedOut
  28. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/08/nyregion/judge-maxwell-heiman-65.html
  29. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/news/Press138.html
  30. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/apphistory.htm
  31. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/appjudge12.html
  32. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/apphistory.htm
  33. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/justiceMcLachlan.html
  34. http://articles.courant.com/1993-11-06/news/0000002379_1_superior-court-appellate-court-weicker
  35. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/apphistory.htm
  36. http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/news/Press138.html
  37. http://articles.boston.com/2007-08-23/news/29235748_1_jeanne-field-spallone-appellate-court-superior-court-bench
  38. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2007-09-17/html/CREC-2007-09-17-pt1-PgE1885-3.htm
  39. http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/apphistory.htm
  40. http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/apphistory.htm#Judges
  41. http://search.cga.state.ct.us/dtsearch_lpa.asp?cmd=getdoc&DocId=4541&Index=I%3A\zindex\1988&HitCount=0&hits=&hc=0&req=&Item=5655
  42. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=george-d-stoughton&pid=151487072
  43. http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?ID=40986
  44. http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:3L7nab3gU6kJ:www.marianireck.com/Customer-Content/WWW/CMS/files/GrandparentRights.pdf+judge+stoughton+and+justice+borden&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjrtr2nHWTclwK1saMGCWCQJsOGtc28LQBPLsXZ1g1LPQDJnfBcM39TpyWTH6IEx8DlAb0LFXBF03C7BT6dCnLU8OItx42U_0GY-wJUw0wqThTWstuGtl-2uWKm9g3WYNopXdIg&sig=AHIEtbTxccCB33h7bbNGPuqRGkn95kQPig
  45. http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/supapp/apphistory.htm
  46. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/23/nyregion/robert-testo-78-house-speaker-in-era-of-change-in-connecticut.html

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