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		The court upheld the trial court's factual findings as to parcel 3, but reversed the trial court as to parcel 4A, agreeing with the City that the intended use of this land was sufficiently definite and had been given "reasonable attention" during the planning process.
		The judgment of the Supreme Court of Connecticut is affirmed.
		A court confronted with a plausible accusation of impermissible favoritism to private parties should treat the objection as a serious one and review the record to see if it has merit, though with the presumption that the government's actions were reasonable and intended to serve a public purpose.
	caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=04-108 (15225 words)

	US Supreme Court Abortion Decision: CONNECTICUT v. MENILLO
		ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CONNECTICUT.
		Bolton, 410 U.S. (1973), the Connecticut statute was "null and void." As we think the Connecticut court misinterpreted Roe and Doe, we grant the State's petition for certiorari and vacate the judgment.
		Accordingly, the petition for certiorari is granted, the judgment of the Supreme Court of Connecticut is vacated, and the case is remanded to that court for its further consideration in light of this opinion.
	www.priestsforlife.org /government/supremecourt/7511connecticutvmenillo.htm (679 words)

	KELO V. NEW LONDON
		Given the plan’s comprehensive character, the thorough deliberation that preceded its adoption, and the limited scope of this Court’s review in such cases, it is appropriate here, as it was in Berman, to resolve the challenges of the individual owners, not on a piecemeal basis, but rather in light of the entire plan.
		(c) Petitioners’ proposal that the Court adopt a new bright-line rule that economic development does not qualify as a public use is supported by neither precedent nor logic.
		The Court declines to second-guess the wisdom of the means the city has selected to effectuate its plan.
	www.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/04-108.ZS.html (726 words)

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		Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), the court went on to hold that the Georgia statute violated respondent's fundamental rights because his homosexual activity is a private and intimate association that is beyond the reach of state regulation by reason of the Ninth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
		Connecticut, 302 U.S. 326 (1937), it was said that this category includes those fundamental liberties that are "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty," such that "neither [*192] liberty nor justice would exist if [they] were sacrificed." A different description of fundamental liberties appeared in Moore v.
		Unlike the Court, the Georgia Legislature has not proceeded on the assumption that homosexuals are so different from other citizens that their lives may be controlled in a way that would not be tolerated if it limited the choices of those other citizens.
	www.qrd.org /QRD/usa/legal/bowers-v-hardwick.txt (10464 words)

	Operation Supreme Court Freedom - CBN.com
		With the likelihood of multiple vacancies on the court, you and I are witnessing the direct result of prayer and intercession.
		Pray that the justices of the Supreme Court would rule according to the Constitution as written and not man's opinions.
		Pray for the physical protection of Supreme Court justices, the current nominee, the Senate Judiciary Committee members, and all those involved in the confirmation hearings.
	www.cbn.com /special/supremecourt/prayerpledge.aspx (902 words)

	Edwards v. Aguillard
		The court further concluded that "the teaching of 'creation-science' and 'creationism,' as contemplated by the statute, involves teaching 'tailored to the principles' of a particular religious sect or group of sects." Id., at 427 (citing Epperson v.
		While the Court is normally deferential to a State's articulation of a secular purpose, it is required that the statement of such purpose be sincere and not a sham.
		Both courts concluded that the state legislature's primary purpose was to advance religion and that the statute was therefore unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
	www.talkorigins.org /faqs/edwards-v-aguillard.html (17801 words)

	Connecticut's Four Constitutions
		Connecticut eventually received $145,000, and the Federalist General Assembly in October 1816 decided to distribute it as follows: 1/3 to the Congregationalists, 1/7 to Yale (also Congregationalist), 1/7 to the Episcopalians, 1/8 to the Baptists, 1/12 to the Methodists, and the balance to the state treasury.
		Reeve was on the Supreme Court of Errors from 1807 until his retirement at age 70 in 1815; Swift was on the Court from 1807 until 1818, when he ironically became a "victim of toleration" (to quote a contemporary Courant article) and was not reappointed.
		Connecticut is well known as the last state to abandon prohibiting contraceptives, the law being declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in 1965 in Griswold v.
	www.cslib.org /cts4ch.htm (14538 words)

	Concerned Women for America - Did You Hear About the Judges Who ? Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Fetus is Part of a ...
		The Connecticut jesters ruled on May 7, 2003, that "a fetus constitutes a part of the mother's body and, therefore, is a member of her body," akin to her "ear, tongue and skin." State v.
		The court noted that both the prosecution and defense agreed that the term "'member' means a 'bodily part or organ.' Inasmuch as the parties also agree that a fetus is not an organ, we must determine whether a fetus is a bodily 'part.'"
		The court was mindful that "the law favors rational and sensible statutory construction" and "we interpret statutes to avoid bizarre or nonsensical results." It's hard to type when you're rolling on the floor.
	cwfa.org /articledisplay.asp?id=3937&department=LEGAL&categoryid=life (1098 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Conn. / Connecticut Supreme Court to hear Skakel's appeal next month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The state Supreme Court will hear arguments Jan. 14 in the appeal by Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel of his murder conviction.
		Skakel's attorneys also contend the case should not have been transferred to Superior Court from Juvenile Court, where Skakel was first charged because he was 15 years old at the time of the killing.
		Authorities have called the transfer from Juvenile Court "the only reasonable route," noting that Skakel was 40 at the time of his arrest.
	www.boston.com /news/local/connecticut/articles/2004/12/27/connecticut_supreme_court_to_hear_skakels_appeal_next_month (296 words)

	Definition of State supreme court
		The court consists of a panel of judges, either appointed by the state governor, or elected by the state legislature or the people for a limited term.
		Under the American system of federalism, the interpretation of a state supreme court on a matter of state law is normally final and binding and must be accepted in both state and federal courts.
		Federal courts may only overrule a state court when there is a federal question, which is to say, a specific issue (such as consistency with the U.S. Constitution) that gives cause for federal court jurisdiction.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/State_supreme_court (544 words)

	Supreme Court Lets Stand Connecticut's Exclusion of Boy Scouts from State Charitable Campaign
		(Connecticut) The U.S. Supreme Court turned down the Boy Scouts of America’s appeal of a ruling that the State of Connecticut may exclude the Boy Scouts from the State Employee Charitable Campaign because of their anti-gay policy.
		The federal district court upheld the exclusion and the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit agreed in July, 2003.
		The Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari leaves these rulings intact, thus removing any question as to the State of Connecticut’s authority to exclude the Boy Scouts from the campaign.
	www.glad.org /News_Room/press70-3-9-04.shtml (359 words)

	Quinnipiac University \| Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Joette Katz to address law school graduates May 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Katz is a native of Brooklyn N.Y. She graduated from Brandeis University with a B.A. in 1974 and from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1977.
		She taught at the University of Connecticut School of Law and is a co-author of “the Connecticut Criminal Caselaw Handbook: A Practitioner's Guide.” She currently teaches at Quinnipiac on ethics and criminal law.
		Katz became a Justice of the Supreme Court in 1992.
	www.quinnipiac.edu /x11050.xml (519 words)

	Durkin v. Intevac, Inc. (Connecticut Supreme Court)
		The Connecticut Supreme Court accepted this interlocutory appeal to consider whether the doctrine of forum non conveniens remains viable in Connecticut state courts.
		The trial court denied these motions despite finding that Australia is an adequate forum and that the public interest favors Australia as a forum over Connecticut.
		On October 30, 2001, the Court agreed with NELF's position and held that the doctrine remains a viable part of Connecticut common law.
	www.nelfonline.org /cases/durkin.htm (198 words)

	CONNECTICUT DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY V. DOE
		Connecticut, however, has decided that the registry requirement shall be based on the fact of previous conviction, not the fact of current dangerousness.
		The Court of Appeals affirmed, 271 F.3d 38 (CA2 2001), holding that the Due Process Clause entitles class members to a hearing “to determine whether or not they are particularly likely to be currently dangerous before being labeled as such by their inclusion in a publicly disseminated registry.” Id., at 62.
		The Court of Appeals reasoned that the Connecticut law implicated a “liberty interest” because of: (1) the law’s stigmatization of respondent by “implying” that he is “currently dangerous,” and (2) its imposition of “extensive and onerous” registration obligations on respondent.
	supct.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/01-1231.ZO.html (1467 words)

	Supreme Court of Connecticut
		Policy regarding the use of the Capitol Avenue Entrance
		Protocol for Broadcasting, Televising, Recording or Photographing Supreme Court Oral Arguments
		Copyright © 2007, State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
	www.jud.state.ct.us /external/supapp/Default.htm (28 words)

	Connecticut Supreme Court Limits Constancy of Accusation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The court found that the constancy of accusation rule was broader than necessary and limited the circumstances in which witnesses may testify as to the credibility of a victim of sexual assault in a criminal case.
		In Troupe, the Connecticut Supreme Court recognized the assumptions underlying the constancy of accusation doctrine, that a woman would report a rape soon after its occurrence, and if no complaint was made it was likely that no rape has occurred, are unfounded.
		Nevertheless, the Court acknowledged that misconceptions regarding victims of sexual assault are not uncommon: society's understanding and perception of rape is changing.
	www.connsacs.org /library/constanc.html (764 words)

	COURTTV.COM - TRIALS - Kennedy cousin appeals conviction to Connecticut's Supreme Court
		Lawyers for Michael Skakel complained to Connecticut's highest court Monday that the Kennedy cousin should never have been tried for murder as an adult, and that he didn't receive a fair trial.
		In fact, the Supreme Court listened to oral arguments about whether Skakel should be tried as a juvenile or as an adult in 2001 but decided that it was a post-conviction issue.
		The Supreme Court appeal is separate from a petition for a new trial that Skakel's lawyers have said they will file soon.
	www.courttv.com /trials/moxley/112403_appeal_ctv.html (736 words)

	Berchem, Moses & Devlin, P.C. - a Milford, Connecticut (CT) Business & Commercial Law Law Firm
		Wallingford Police Dept., 1993 WL 299032 (Connecticut District Court 1993)
		HCH Corp., 1499, CRB 7-92-8 (Connecticut Workers' Compensation 1993)
		Op 167, 543 CRD-7-87 (Connecticut Workers' Compensation 1989)
	pview.findlaw.com /view/1885134_1 (753 words)

	How Appealing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Under the District Court's reading, the ordinance is significantly broader than a reservation of the exclusive right to erect unattended structures on the square during this period of high use, which I assume the city could have reserved to itself.
		The Supreme Court upheld a federal judge's ruling that the city of Cincinnati cannot bar a Jewish organization from displaying a menorah on a downtown plaza during the holidays.
		I realize that there are some judges on our court who turn-up their noses and snicker at the Second Amendment, but until changed by a subsequent decision of the Supreme Court or by an en banc reconsideration in our court, Emerson stands as the applicable law in our circuit.
	appellateblog.blogspot.com /2002_11_01_appellateblog_archive.html (6483 words)

	CNN.com - Land war goes before Supreme Court - Feb 21, 2005
		A recent study by the property rights group Institute for Justice, which is representing the New London homeowners in court, found about 10,000 cases from 1998 to 2002 of local governments in 41 states using or threatening to use eminent domain to transfer home and properties from one private owner to another.
		Courts in at least six states have upheld the practice.
		Courts and legislatures around the country have had widely differing standards on when eminent domain can be used.
	www.cnn.com /2005/LAW/02/21/scotus.eminent.domain (889 words)

	U.S. Supreme Court Lifts Connecticut Execution Stay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		But a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a stay of execution and sent the case back to a federal judge to decide whether a public defender may intervene on his behalf.
		Connecticut prosecutors asked that the stay be set aside, and the nation's high court granted the request without any comment in a one-sentence order.
		The Supreme Court also on Thursday rejected a request for a stay of execution for Ross filed by group called the Missionary Society of Connecticut.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1330088/posts (1295 words)

	Death Penalty Information Center
		By a vote of 4 to 3, the Court agreed to hear oral arguments in the case and consider whether eyewitness recantations and other evidence discovered since Davis’s 1991 conviction and death sentence are sufficient grounds for a new trial.
		The Supreme Court (5-4) blocked the execution of Scott Panetti, ruling that the federal court's standard for mental incompetence was too restrictive and that the Texas courts had not given him an adequate hearing.
		The Supreme Court (6-3) overturned the death sentence of a fl man, Thomas Miller-El, after determining that the jury selection procedure for his trial was racially biased.
	www.deathpenaltyinfo.org (1620 words)

	Tour the Connecticut Supreme Court
		The External Affairs Division of the Connecticut Judicial Branch provides tours of the Supreme Court courtroom from Monday through Friday during regular business hours.
		The Connecticut Supreme Court, State Library, and Museum of Connecticut History make up the 231 Capitol Avenue residence, directly across from the State Capitol and Legislative Office Building
		Both adults and children can sit in the courtroom and view their state’s history, from the beautiful state oak tree panels that cover the walls, to the two famous murals entitled "The Allegory of Education" and "The Fundamental Orders, 1638-1639," which grace the wall and the ceiling.
	www.jud.state.ct.us /external/news/SupCtTour.html (257 words)

	Connecticut Bar Association - U.S. Tax Court Ends Practice of Withholding Special Trial Judge’s Reports
		In March, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that "the tax court’s practice is extraordinary, for it is routine in federal judicial and administrative decision making both to disclose a hearing officer’s initial report." NFIB’s Legal Foundation filed an amicus brief in this case and was thrilled with the Supreme Court’s decision.
		Currently, the Tax Court is the only forum in which a small-business owner or an individual (nearly 85 percent of small businesses file taxes as an individual) can contest an income tax without first paying the deficiency in full.
		The inability to review the STJ report severely hampered a taxpayer’s ability to effectively advocate an appeal from the trial court’s decision, because they had no way of knowing why the trial court made the decision it did without seeing the STJ report.
	www.ctbar.org /article/articleview/730/1/1 (442 words)

	Judicial Clerkship Forums - Clerkship Opportunities in the Connecticut Supreme Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The highest court in Connecticut is the Connecticut Supreme Court.
		The Supreme Court will hire 14 law clerks for the 2004-05 court year., two for each of the justices.
		Applicants who wish to apply to all the Supreme Court Justices may do so by sending one application to the court with seven copies or you may apply to the individual judges directly.
	www.judicialclerkships.com /forums/showthread.php?t=60 (352 words)

	In The Courts \| Connecticut Supreme Court Rules That Fetus Is a Body Part, Upholds Assault Conviction of Man Who ...
		Connecticut Supreme Court Rules That Fetus Is a Body Part, Upholds Assault Conviction of Man Who Attempted To Abort Girlfriend's Fetus - Kaisernetwork.org
		Connecticut Supreme Court Rules That Fetus Is a Body Part, Upholds Assault Conviction of Man Who Attempted To Abort Girlfriend's Fetus
		The Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Edwin Sandoval, who in 2001 was convicted of first-degree assault for secretly inserting labor-inducing drugs into his pregnant girlfriend's vagina in an attempt to cause her to miscarry, the
	www.kaisernetwork.org /daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=17625 (290 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- State Supreme Court says Connecticut governor must testify before ...
		HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that Gov. John G. Rowland must testify before a committee considering his impeachment, making him the first sitting chief executive in U.S. history ordered to appear before a legislative body.
		In a 5-2 ruling, the court upheld an earlier decision by a lower court judge, dismissing the governor's arguments that the Legislature was intruding on the separation of powers among branches of government by ordering him to testify.
		The dissenting judges, Chief Justice William Sullivan and Justice Peter Zarella, said it was unnecessary for the court to intervene.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20040618-1501-connecticutgovernor.html (600 words)

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