The Enfield Board Of Education: Stupid Is As Stupid Does

by Ryan McKeen The Enfield Board of Education has decided to appeal Judge Hall’s ruling barring the town from holding graduation at the First Cathedral. Courant. The Board is going to lose this appeal. They’ll lose before the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and if they decide to seek cert, they’ll lose before … Read more

Numerical Corporations Should Be Illegal

by Ryan McKeen Numerical corporations or LLCs are the bane of my existence as a lawyer. As best as I can tell, exactly 2 of my prior 474 posts have had any impact on the law. One post triggered a change in the practice book to help exempt registration of personal Facebook pages from registration … Read more

Did You Know…..

by Ryan McKeen ….Connecticut has a state folk dance? We do. Our state folk dance is the square dance.  Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 3-110k. Your life is now enriched. It’ll be more enriched if you watch the video below. I promise.

Please Help If You Can

Reposted from Norm Pattis’ blog: Wayne R. Keeney, a member of the Connecticut Bar, is in the intensive care unit at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He is in desperate need of a liver transplant due to non-alcoholic liver failure. Wayne is a well-known, courageous member of the criminal defense bar. He is also a former detective, … Read more

Memorial Day

by Ryan McKeen Connecticut General Statutes Section 1-4 designates the last Monday in May as Memorial Day or Decoration Day. Connecticut has a statute on nearly everything and eventually I’ll blog about them all. This blog is made possible by the right to free speech. Freedom of speech would not exist, but for, the men and women who have given their lives in … Read more

On Judicial Nominees, Point West Hartford

by Ryan McKeen The MDC should test the water in West Hartford for law. Forty-eight judicial nominees since 1985 have been residents of West Hartford (not including the most recent nominees). New Haven comes in a distant second with 24 nominees. The town I was raised in Enfield, puts up a big fat goose egg. … Read more

A Fine For Using The Wrong Font

A little print butter font law to brighten your day. No person shall, by himself, his servant or agent, sell or offer or expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, any print butter unless the package or wrapper containing the same has conspicuously printed thereon, in letters or figures not less than … Read more

Mary Hall

by Ryan McKeen I originally posted his in April of 2008. Given the events of the past week, it’s worth revisiting this post. In re Hall was cited multiple times during Bysiewicz v. DiNardo and I’m guessing the cite makes it’s way into the Supreme Court’s opinion when it’s published. It’s especially timely given that … Read more