Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society

On July 8, 2005, Special Act 05-5 "An Act Incorporating the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society" authorized the incorporation of the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society as a nonprofit corporation with the purpose of promoting and preserving the state's judicial and constitutional tradition through scholarship, memorials, publications and education.

What's new on the website . . .

Video of the 200th Anniversary Celebration of the Connecticut Supreme Court (from CT-N)
Remarks from the 200th Anniversary of the Supreme Court by: Justice Norcott | Justice Zarella | Justice Peters
Justices of the Connecticut Supreme Court

1940's Postcard of the CT Supreme Court - click here to see more

A 1940's postcard of the Supreme Court. See more...

What's happening . . .

Connecticut Supreme Court History - Volume II, 2007
Welcome to the second issue of Connecticut Supreme Court History. This 2007 volume continues the journal’s emphasis on both the celebration of important events in the Supreme Court’s history and the project of revealing, analyzing, and learning from this history.

A major celebratory event is the installation, this year, of Chase T. Rogers as the thirty-seventh Chief Justice of the constitutionally independent judiciary. The ceremonial swearing-in of Chief Justice Rogers occurred on June 14, and it brought together with the new Chief Justice both Governor M. Jodi Rell and former Chief Justice Ellen Ash Peters. To memorialize this event, the journal publishes the remarks presented by each of these three. More...

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