Comments on: More Important But 100% Less Sexy Than The Whole Bysiewicz Issue

By: Rich Thompson

Rich Thompson — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:07:55 +0000

I share your love for Susan Bysiewicz; and have equal respect for the work Oz Griebel has done for Hartford Metro Alliance. If one of them ends up with their respsctive party nomination, the choice will be easy. If both do, we have to pay more attention.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:44:12 +0000

Have you used google scholar? It’s an excellent way to search appellate level decisions for free.

By: MattB

MattB — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:01:23 +0000

Poor wording, look at the time I posted. I meant the appellate level decisions are at the Judicial Branch website, but only just, since they are arranged by date of publication and not by name or citation, making them almost useless for anyone doing legal research. Also, per Wes Horton the advanced release opinion and the official version can differ, see e.g. Durrant v. Board of Ed, 284 Conn. 91 (2007) and the website version (still up).

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:08:26 +0000

Matt, where can one find the decisions on the website?

By: MattB

MattB — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:29:47 +0000

Agreed. In addition, the decision are on the website, but only barely. The decisions are unreleased- not formatted for proper citation (and there are cases that have changed from the unreleased to the official versions, if ever so slightly). It would not be hard to have all of Conn Reports & Conn App up, with correct citation. The years 2006 unreleased opinions are hard to search and cannot be cited correctly, why leave them up?

By: Gideon

Gideon — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:14:41 +0000

I would, but the Superior Court decisions aren’t available online for free.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:50:00 +0000

It would be nice if you could support your assertion with links and examples.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:43:50 +0000

“A Superior Court judge in Connecticut is bound to follow the ruling of a higher court (either the CT Supreme Court or the Appellate Court). A judge is not compelled to follow an opinion of another superior court judge.”

Looks like you haven’t been engaged in the “active practice” of law either. For every judge who follows precedent, I can show you one who doesn’t.