Connecticut Supreme Court

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that a Haitian immigrant who was convicted of killing a Connecticut woman in 2015 should get a new trial.

Former Connecticut Chief Justice William Sullivan, whose reputation was tarnished late in his career when he plunged the state Supreme Court into controversy and was suspended for violating judicial ethics codes in the mid-2000s, has died. He was 83. Sullivan, a decorated Vietnam War veteran who served as chief justice from 2001 to 2006, died from undisclosed causes on Monday,…

The Connecticut Supreme Court unanimously voted Tuesday to begin disciplinary proceedings against a state judge who has not shown up to work for more than two years while continuing to be paid. The court approved an investigation into Judge Alice Bruno and whether there are grounds to remove or suspend her. Bruno, who is assigned to Waterbury Superior Court, is…

Connecticut’s Supreme Court issued a ruling Tuesday that said women-only workout areas at gyms violate state discrimination laws.

Women-only exercise areas in gyms and fitness clubs violate a state law banning discrimination based on gender, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The 6-0 decision written by Chief Justice Richard Robinson overturned a lower court ruling and an earlier decision by a state human rights official. The case involved two men who complained about women-only exercise areas at two…

Two insurance companies for Remington Arms the firearm company going through bankruptcy offered millions to settle a lawsuit filed by nine families affected by the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shootings.

Remington Arms has offered nine Sandy Hook families a settlement to end the families’ lawsuit surrounding the 2012 massacre at the elementary school.

Has the governor gone too far to curb the spread of the coronavirus? That’s what Connecticut’s highest court had to decide and in this case, they said the answer was no. Gov. Ned Lamont’s executive powers were again put to the test in front of the state supreme court and on Thursday, a decision was made. At issue: whether...

Has the governor gone too far to curb the spread of the coronavirus? That’s what Connecticut’s highest court will decide. For the first time in this pandemic, Gov. Ned Lamont’s executive powers are being put to the test in front of the state supreme court. At issue: whether Lamont has the authority to keep businesses closed under the civil...

The Connecticut State Supreme Court heard arguments on Friday in a case brought by a Milford bar owner who says Gov. Lamont’s order shutting down bars during the pandemic is unconstitutional.

Chief Justice Richard Robinson reflects on calls for racial justice in our country, how our justice system does not treat everyone fairly, and how we might change that.

A potential lifeline for Connecticut homeowners stuck with crumbling concrete basements failed in the state Supreme Court.

The Connecticut Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on whether a businessman convicted in a human trafficking ring can be ordered to undergo an HIV test.

The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the parents of two Sandy Hook School shooting victims against Newtown and its school district.

The mother of a Norwich murder victim is speaking out after the Connecticut Supreme Court threw out the conviction in t he case.

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that a Haitian immigrant who was convicted of killing a Connecticut woman in 2015 should get a new trial.

Ralph “Ricky” Birch, a man who was convicted more than three decades ago in the stabbing and beating death of a 65-year-old man in 1985, was released from prison Tuesday and no decision has been made on whether he will be brought to trial again.

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ordered new trials for two men who were convicted more than three decades ago in the stabbing and beating death of a 65-year-old man.

Two of the top Democrats in the Connecticut General Assembly said Tuesday that the state has an obligation to consider ending religious exemptions from vaccinations for public school students.

The Connecticut Supreme Court is set to hear the appeal of former death row inmate Lazale Ashby, who says he was wrongly convicted of murder and sexual assault in the 2002 slaying of a single mother in Hartford.