Sec. 51-181. Times and places for the sitting of the Superior Court.
Sec. 51-197a. Appeals to Appellate Court. Writs. Transfer of jurisdiction from appellate session.
Sec. 51-181. Times and places for the sitting of the Superior Court. The Superior Court shall sit continuously throughout the year, at such times and places and for such periods as are set by the Chief Court Administrator or, with the approval of the Chief Court Administrator, his or her designee, in the following cities or towns, except as otherwise provided by law: (1) In the judicial district of Ansonia-Milford, at Ansonia or Derby and at Milford; (2) in the judicial district of Danbury, at Danbury; (3) in the judicial district of Fairfield, at Bridgeport; (4) in the judicial district of Hartford, at Hartford and, whenever suitable accommodations are provided without expense to the state, at Manchester; (5) in the judicial district of Litchfield, at Torrington; (6) in the judicial district of Middlesex, at Middletown; (7) in the judicial district of New Britain, at New Britain; (8) in the judicial district of New Haven, at New Haven and Meriden; (9) in the judicial district of New London, at Norwich and New London; (10) in the judicial district of Stamford-Norwalk, at Stamford; (11) in the judicial district of Tolland, at Rockville; (12) in the judicial district of Waterbury, at Waterbury; and (13) in the judicial district of Windham, at Putnam.
(1949 Rev., S. 7623; 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 3113d; 1957, P.A. 44 5, S. 2; 452, S. 1; 603, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 70; 1963, P.A. 465; February, 1965, P.A. 331, S. 21; 1967, P.A. 386, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 16; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 20; P.A. 73-290; 73-603, S. 4; P.A. 75-530, S. 30, 35; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 86, 681; P.A. 77-411, S. 3, 6; 77-576, S. 27, 65; 77-604, S. 59, 84; P.A. 78-280, S. 82, 127; 78-379, S. 6, 27; P.A. 80-201, S. 4, 9; P.A. 82-248, S. 88; P.A. 88-230, S. 6, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; P.A. 98-81, S. 15, 20; P.A. 17-99, S. 7; P.A. 19-64, S. 19.)
History: 1959 act substituted state for county in regard to expenses, county government having been abolished; 1963 act deleted provision session at Meriden be held only when quarters are provided without expense to the state; 1965 act provided the court be continuously in session and substituted the chief court administrator for the chief justice; 1967 act changed dates for sessions from second Tuesday of September, December, March and June; 1972 acts added reference to judicial districts and deleted reference to sessions at Waterbury in New Haven county, effective September 5, 1972; P.A. 73-290 required three sessions in New Britain rather than two; P.A. 73-603 increased number of sessions at Danbury from two to four; P.A. 75-530 deleted requirement for once-a-year naturalization session in New Britain; P.A. 76-436 transferred power to fix times, places and duration of sessions from chief judge of superior court to chief court administrator or his designee, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-411 required four sessions annually at Bristol; P.A. 77-576 amended section to replace counties with specified judicial districts and to replace provision requiring four sessions with provision requiring court to sit continuously, similarly replacing provisions requiring certain localities required to have three or four sessions with provision requiring that court sit at least 40 weeks at Danbury and 30 weeks at Stamford, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-604 made technical grammatical correction; P.A. 78-280 continued substitution of specific judicial districts for counties, required that court sit 40 weeks in Bristol and Stamford, replacing provision requiring that it sit 40 weeks in Danbury and 30 weeks in Stamford and deleted provisions re specific purposes, i.e. civil business and naturalization of aliens, for which court sits; P.A. 78-379 essentially reiterated changes of P.A. 78-280; P.A. 80-201 added judicial district of Stamford-Norwalk; P.A. 82-248 divided section into Subsecs. and placed judicial districts in alphabetical order; P.A. 88-230 added requirement that the court sit in the judicial district of New Britain, at New Britain and Bristol, and changed reference to the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain to the judicial district of Hartford to reflect the division of the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain into two separate judicial districts, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-81 deleted phrase “whenever suitable accommodations are provided without expense to the state at” before “Torrington” in Subsec. (a)(5); P.A. 17-99 amended Subsec. (a)(13) by deleting “and Willimantic”, and making a technical change, effective June 30, 2017; P.A. 19-64 deleted Subsec. designator from existing Subsec. (a) and amended same by deleting “Litchfield, New Milford, Winchester and” in Subdiv. (5), deleting “and Bristol” in Subdiv. (7) and making a technical change, and deleted former Subsec. (b) re court sitting not less than 40 weeks in Bristol and Stamford, effective September 1, 2019.
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Sec. 51-197a. Appeals to Appellate Court. Writs. Transfer of jurisdiction from appellate session. (a) Appeals and writs of error from final judgments or actions of the Superior Court shall be taken to the Appellate Court in accordance with section 51-197c, except for small claims, which are not appealable, appeals as provided for in sections 8-8 and 8-9, and except as otherwise provided by statute.
(b) The Appellate Court may issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of its jurisdiction and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.
(c) All matters pending in the appellate session of the Superior Court on July 1, 1983, shall be construed as pending with the same status in the Appellate Court on said date.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, the appellate session of the Superior Court shall continue to have jurisdiction over appeals which it heard prior to July 1, 1983, pursuant to the provisions which were applicable at such time.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in sections 2-40, 2-42, 7-143, 7-230, 8-8, 8-9, 8-132, 8-132a, 10-153e, 12-4, 13a-76, 31-109, 31-118, 31-249b, 31-272, 31-301b, 31-301c, 31-324, 31-491, 31-493, 38a-470, 46a-94, 46a-95, 46b-142, 46b-143, 46b-150c, 51-1a, 51-14, 51-49, 51-50j, 51-164x, 51-165, 51-197a, 51-197b, 51-197c, 51-197e, 51-197f, 51-201, 51-202, 51-203, 51-209, 51-210, 51-211, 51-213, 51-215a, 51-216a, 52-235, 52-257, 52-259, 52-263, 52-267, 52-405, 52-434, 52-434a, 52-470, 52-476, 52-477, 52-592, 54-63g, 54-95, 54-96, 54-96a, 54-96b and 54-143, all jurisdiction conferred upon and exercised by the appellate session prior to July 1, 1983, of the Superior Court shall be transferred to the Appellate Court.
(P.A. 76-436, S. 3, 681; P.A. 77-347, S. 6, 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 3, 82; P.A. 87-338, S. 6, 11; P.A. 88-241, S. 8; P.A. 89-356, S. 6; P.A. 15-127, S. 4; P.A. 19-64, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 77-347 amended exception to include appeals within jurisdiction of appellate session of superior court as provided for within Sec. 51-197d, effective July 1, 1978, and effective through June 30, 1979; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 included reference to appellate court and added Subsecs. (b) to (e), inclusive, re issuance of writs and transfer of jurisdiction from appellate session to appellate court; P.A. 87-338 amended Subsec. (e) by deleting reference to Sec. 22a-182 for consistency with other statutory changes; P.A. 88-241 made no substantive changes; P.A. 89-356 amended Subsecs. (a) and (e) by deleting references to Secs. 8-28 and 8-30; (Revisor's note: In 1993, a reference to repealed Sec. 22a-182 was removed editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 15-127 deleted reference to Sec. 31-63, effective June 23, 2015; P.A. 19-64 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “and writs of error” and deleting “appeals within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court as provided for in section 51-199,” and amended Subsec. (e) by deleting reference to Sec. 51-199, effective January 1, 2020.
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