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

Reflections On The Historic Bysiewicz Case

by Ryan McKeen 1. The Supreme Court got it right. The statute requires 10 years active practice at the bar of the state of Connecticut. Ms. Bysiewicz was not engaged in the active practice of law for 10 years at the bar.  Ms. Bysiewicz did important work for the citizens of Connecticut during her tenure … Read more

Tweets From Today’s Hearing In Bysiewicz v. DiNardo

by Ryan McKeen Here are my tweets, in reverse chronological order from oral argument this afternoon in Bysiewicz v. DiNardo. The tweets are unedited. They were sent from my phone live from Court. This post is primarily for my mom and my assistant Ruth, who both informed me they don’t have “a twitter”. Some quick … Read more

Hartford Housing Judges Still Busy Writing Opinions

by Ryan McKeen I originally published this post in July of 2008. Since that time, Judge Gilligan has presided over housing court in Hartford County.  In that time, Judge Gilligan has picked up where his predecessors left off. He writes opinions. Many of them. In this week’s CT Law Tribune case digests, there are 4 … Read more