(a) Assignment of cases for hearing by the Supreme Court shall be made by the chief clerk of the Supreme Court, under the direction of the Chief Justice or an associate judge designated by the Chief Justice.
(b) Assignments of cases for hearing by the Appellate Court shall be made by the chief clerk of the Appellate Court, under the direction of the Chief Judge or an Appellate Court judge designated by the Chief Judge.
(c) Assignments shall ordinarily be made in the order in which cases stand upon the docket of cases ready to be heard; but counsel may, in writing and in the manner provided by the rules of the Supreme Court or Appellate Court, as the case may be, request a variation in such order. Assignments shall be made, so far as reasonably possible, in accordance with any such request or in a way which suits the convenience of counsel.
(1949 Rev., S. 7677; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 105; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 67, 82; P.A. 87-198, S. 5, 6; P.A. 10-43, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” for “Hartford county”; P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs., but made no substantive change; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 added reference to clerk of supreme court for the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain to chief clerk of the supreme court, added provision re assignment of cases for hearing by appellate court in Subsec. (b) and added “of cases ready to be heard” in Subsec. (c); P.A. 87-198 substituted “chief judge” for “chief presiding judge”; P.A. 10-43 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “at the Supreme Court room in Hartford” and “on or before the Thursday preceding the beginning of each term, the day and hour to be fixed by rule of court”, amended Subsec. (b) to delete “the day and hour to be fixed by rule of court” and amended Subsec. (c) to replace provision re counsel may by personal appearance or communication present stipulation or reason why regular order should be departed from with provision re counsel may request a variation in order and to replace “stipulation” with “request”.
Power of court under former statute to pass order in one district concerning appeal pending in another. 70 C. 500.
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