Conn. Practice Book § 14-9 (2026)

Sec. 14-9. Privileged Cases in Assignment for Trial The following classes of cases shall be privileged in respect to assignment for trial:

(1) hearings under the Fair Employment Practices Act and the Labor Relations Act;

(2) all actions, except actions upon probate bonds, brought by or on behalf of the state, including informations on the relation of a private individual;

(3) appeals from the Employment Security Board of Review;

(4) appeals from probate and from the doings of commissioners appointed by courts of probate;

(5) actions brought by receivers of insolvent corporations by order of court;

(6) actions by or against any person sixty-five years of age or older or who reaches such age during the pendency of the action;

(7) appeals from findings, orders or other actions of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority;

(8) equitable actions tried to the court wherein the essential claim asserted is for a permanent injunction and any claim for damages or other relief, legal or equitable, is merely in lieu of, or supplemental to, the claim for injunction;

(9) habeas corpus proceedings;

(10) motions to dissolve temporary injunctions;

(11) motions for temporary injunctions;

(12) writs of ne exeat, prohibition and mandamus;

(13) applications for appointment of receivers;

(14) disclosures by garnishees;

(15) actions by or against executors, administrators, or trustees in bankruptcy or insolvency;

(16) hearings to the court in damages on default or cases where there is an issue as to damages after the judicial authority has granted a summary judgment on the issue of liability;

(17) cases remanded by the Supreme and Appellate Courts for a new trial and cases in which a verdict has been set aside, a new trial granted or a mistrial declared;

(18) any other actions given precedence by statute or rule. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 259.)