Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 883a - Reporter of Judicial Decisions
Section 51-215a. (Formerly Sec. 51-21). - Publication of Appellate Court decisions.

The clerk of the Appellate Court shall file with the Reporter of Judicial Decisions copies of memoranda of decisions in Appellate Court cases. The reporter shall prepare all of the decisions for publication and index them in substantial conformity with the manner in which decisions of the Supreme Court are prepared and indexed. The decisions shall be published by the Commission on Official Legal Publications in the Connecticut Law Journal and in bound or electronic volumes.

(1949 Rev., S. 1643; 1957, P.A. 176, S. 11; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 75; 1963, P.A. 288, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 544; P.A. 73-541, S. 4, 8; P.A. 74-183, S. 17, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 50, 681; P.A. 82-248, S. 115; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 61, 82; P.A. 15-85, S. 10; P.A. 18-75, S. 10.)
History: 1959 act included circuit court decisions; 1963 act stipulated superior and common pleas court decisions only be published in the Connecticut Supplement; 1971 act added reference to juvenile court clerks and deleted provision which specified that filing memoranda of decisions is subject to rules adopted by the judges of the applicable courts; P.A. 73-541 replaced requirement that decisions of superior court and court of common pleas be published in Connecticut Supplement with general requirement that decisions be published in “such bound volumes as the reporter of judicial decisions deems necessary”; P.A. 74-183 removed circuit court clerks from purview of section, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 removed juvenile court and court of common pleas clerks from purview of section, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 82-248 reworded section, but made no substantive change; Sec. 51-21 transferred to Sec. 51-215a in 1983; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 added Subsec. (b) re duties of clerk of appellate court, reporter of judicial decisions and commission on official legal publications re decisions in appellate court cases; P.A. 15-85 deleted former Subsec. (a) re responsibility of clerks of Superior Court to file copies of memoranda of decisions in Superior Court cases with Reporter of Judicial Decisions and deleted Subsec. (b) designator; P.A. 18-75 added reference to electronic volumes, effective June 4, 2018.
See Sec. 51-196 re review of decisions.
Cited. 41 CA 89.

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