Topic - Connecticut Supreme Court

The Connecticut Supreme Court, formerly known as the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, is the highest court in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The seven justices sit in Hartford, across the street from the Connecticut State Capitol. It generally holds eight sessions of two to three weeks per year, with one session each September through November and January through May. Justices are appointed by the Governor and then approved by the Connecticut General Assembly. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE — This photo shows the Whiting Forensic Division maximum-security psychiatric hospital, in Middletown, CT, Sept. 15, 2017. Police reports about deaths and other incidents in hospitals cannot be kept secret from the public, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, citing the importance of government transparency and the public's right to know what happened. (AP Photo/Dave Collins, File)

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In this March 26, 2009 file photo, Connecticut state Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer, center, questions attorneys at the Connecticut Supreme Court in Hartford, Conn. Palmer, who authored the landmark Connecticut Supreme Court rulings that legalized same-sex marriage and abolished the state's death penalty, is stepping down after 27 years on the high court. He reached the state's mandatory retirement age of 70 for judges late last month, but will continue to work on cases he heard before then. (AP Photo/Bob Child, Pool)

Justice who led gay marriage, death penalty rulings retires

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In this Sept. 5, 2018, file photo conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks outside of the Dirksen building of Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Court hears Alex Jones’ appeal in Sandy Hook case

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New trial ordered for men charged as teens in 1985 death

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In this Sept. 8, 2011 photo, Carolyne Hynes sheds a tear with her daughter Olivia, during the 10th anniversary remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Sherwood Isle Living Memorial in Westport, Conn. The Connecticut Supreme Court says a lower court was wrong to tell Hynes, the widow of a World Trade Center attack victim, how she could use nearly $1.3 million in Sept. 11 victim compensation funds earmarked for her daughter. The 7-0 decision released Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2019, ends a decade-long dispute between a probate court and Carolyne Hynes, whose husband, Thomas, died in the 2001 terrorist attack. (Peter Casolino/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

Justices: Court wrong to meddle with Sept. 11 widow’s funds

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, firearms training unit Detective Barbara J. Mattson, of the Connecticut State Police, holds a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same make and model used by Adam Lanza in the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting, during a hearing at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn. The Connecticut Supreme Court is expected to rule Thursday, March 14, 2019, whether or not Remington Arms, which manufactured the rifle, can be sued for making the rifle that was used in the massacre. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Court rules gun maker can be sued over Newtown shooting

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In this Jan. 15, 2013, file photo, Remington rifle cartridges are displayed at the 35th annual SHOT Show in Las Vegas. On March 14, 2019, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that a lawsuit by families of Sandy Hook school massacre victims against the gun maker can proceed. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Court rules Sandy Hook lawsuit against Remington can proceed

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, firearms training unit Detective Barbara J. Mattson, of the Connecticut State Police, holds a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same make and model used by Adam Lanza in the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting, during a hearing at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn. The Connecticut Supreme Court is expected to rule Thursday, March 14, 2019, whether or not Remington Arms, which manufactured the rifle, can be sued for making the rifle that was used in the massacre. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2013 file photo, Michael Skakel reacts to being granted bail during his bond hearing at Superior Court in Stamford, Conn. The state Supreme Court vacated Skakel's conviction in the bludgeoning death of Martha Moxley in their Greenwich neighborhood in 1975, when they were teenagers. Skakel's lawyer filed the request Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to refuse to hear Connecticut prosecutors' arguments that his murder conviction should be reinstated. (Bob Luckey/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Kennedy cousin asks court to refuse appeal on his conviction

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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2016, file photo, Michael Skakel leaves the state Supreme Court after his hearing in Hartford, Conn. The Connecticut Supreme Court in May 2018 vacated Skakel's conviction in the bludgeoning death of Martha Moxley in their wealthy Greenwich neighborhood in 1975, when they were teenagers. Eleven states filed a friend-of-the-court brief on Monday, Sept. 10 asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Connecticut's appeal and reinstate Skakel's conviction. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Michael Skakel, Kennedy cousin, asks Supreme Court to refuse Martha Moxley murder conviction appeal

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