About This Site
This site is brought to you courtesy of the Appellate Advocacy Committee. The committee is dedicated to improving the quality of appellate advocacy, particulary in the Connecticut Supreme and Appellate courts and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. We welcome your comments and suggestions about this site. Please send your comments here.
Locating appellate briefs on this blog could not be easier! You can search for cases in a variety of ways. For example, if you know the name of a party, the docket number of the case, or even the name of the law firm representing the party, type that information into the search engine located near the upper right corner of this page. Then click on the search results.
You can also search for cases based on the court term in which they were argued. Cases are formally posted on the blog once they are assigned for oral argument. The cases are posted in descending order, according to the oral argument assignment date. Use the “Categories” link on the right side of this page to find cases argued in a particular term. Then, use the scroll-bar to move down through the list of cases. Alternatively, to locate cases assigned for argument on a specific date, simply type the date of argument (e.g., “September 15, 2008″) into the search engine.
Although cases are not posted to the blog until they are assigned for oral argument, our plan is to upload briefs to our file server well in advance of formal assignment. If you know the docket number of a case that has not yet been assigned for oral argument, but you know that the briefs have been filed, click here for access to the database of briefs. Briefs are coded using a simple system: the docket number followed by an “a” for the appellant’s brief, “b” for the appellee’s brief, and “c” for the reply brief. Thus, the reply brief for docket number 17701 will appear in the file as “SC17701c.pdf” Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that every brief will be available, but don’t let that stop you from taking a look.
Finally, we have created a category for “historic cases.” Over time we will be adding appellate briefs and relevant trial court materials for many such cases.