(a) The judges of the Supreme Court shall, from time to time, appoint a reporter of its judicial decisions, and, in the event of his temporary illness or disability, may designate someone to perform his duties.
(b) The reporter or the person appointed to perform his duties shall make reports of the cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court, prepare the reports for publication, and insert after the syllabus of each case the date of the arguments and the date of the decision.
(c) The reporter shall, from time to time at the direction of the Commission on Official Legal Publications, compile for publication cumulative supplements to the Connecticut Practice Book and perform such other duties in the compilation and preparation of material for publication in the official legal publications as may be assigned to him by the commission.
(1949 Rev., S. 7687; 1955, S. 3120d; P.A. 82-248, S. 112.)
History: P.A. 82-248 reworded section, divided section into Subsecs., deleted provision re retirement benefits of reporter and reenacted such provision as part of Sec. 51-216, and added provision re compilation of official legal publications formerly in Sec. 51-19.
See Sec. 51-216a et seq. re legal publications.
Reporter not obliged to furnish copies of opinions for publication in advance of official reports. 53 C. 419; 61 C. 417.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 883a - Reporter of Judicial Decisions
Section 51-213. - Reporter to file copy of opinions of Supreme Court and Appellate Court.
Section 51-214. - Reporter may authorize use of material in copyrighted index-digests.
Section 51-215a. (Formerly Sec. 51-21). - Publication of Appellate Court decisions.
Section 51-215b. (Formerly Sec. 51-20). - Digests of decisions.