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 service of  Country. … Read more

Baltimore? Perhaps better known around here as the home of Fenway South. I know this is a Connecticut Law Blog, but like you, I’ve got my eyes set on the long weekend. As far as maintaining a blog, sometimes you need some low hanging fruit. This certainly qualifies as such. Baltimore Judge Bruce Lamdin was … Read more

Non-lawyers cannot bring camera phones or other digital recording devices into Connecticut’s court buildings. Lawyers can obtain a Judicial Branch ID Card that allows the lawyer to bring a digital recording device into a court building. This is done only after the lawyer takes a written oath that he or she will not use a digital recording device in court. … Read more

If I was writing an opinion for the Connecticut Supreme Court in Kerrigan it would not be 172 pages as was the California Supreme Court’s landmark ruling. It would be short and read something like this: The Connecticut Constitution requires that: “All men when they form a social compact, are equal in rights; and no man or … Read more

A Connecticut Law blog asks “what’s in a name” as Connecticut’s Supreme Court tackles the issue of gay marriage in light of the California Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of In re Marriage Cases.

I don’t know what problem the legislature was trying to solve when it passed this law in 1949: No person shall make and sell, or make and offer for sale, any vinegar without conspicuously branding, stenciling or painting, upon the head of the barrel, cask, keg or package containing the same, the name of the … Read more

I tried my first case as a certified legal intern for the State’s Attorneys’ Office in Meriden. The defendant had no idea what was in store for her. One of the best things about interning for the Connecticut State’s Attorneys’ Office in a G.A. is that they let you do things – like try traffic … Read more

If fences make for good neighbors adverse possesion cases certainly do not. Unless of course the fence is at the heart of an adverse possesion case.

In Brusseau v. Soper, 2008 WL 1914248 (Leuba, JTR.) a party prevailed in an adverse possesion action when he proved that starting in 1988 the defendant added 100 yards of fill to an area that was 66 feet long and 25 feet wide.

“Banks always win. They have the money. They write the notes and the laws that govern the notes.” -A law school professor. In Connecticut’s foreclosure courts the issue is almost never whether or not the bank will be able to foreclose on the property. The issues usually resolved in court are when and how the … Read more

Homeowners aren’t the only one’s hurt by the rising number of foreclosures in Connecticut. Tenants are also impacted.