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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-325 (2026)

Appeals and reservations of law to be taken to Supreme Court

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If, upon any such hearing by a judge of the Superior Court, any question of law is raised which any party to the complaint claims should be reviewed by the Supreme Court, such judge, instead of filing the certificate of his finding or decision with the Secretary of the State, shall transmit the same, including therein such questions of law, together with a proper finding of facts, to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who shall thereupon call a special session of said court for the purpose of an immediate hearing upon the questions of law so certified. A copy of the finding and decision so certified by the judge of the Superior Court, together with the decision of the Supreme Court, on the questions of law therein certified, shall be attested by the clerk of the Supreme Court, and by him transmitted to the Secretary of the State forthwith. The finding and decision of the judge of the Superior Court, together with the decision of the Supreme Court on the questions of law thus certified, shall be final and conclusive upon all questions relating to errors in the rulings of the election officials and to the correctness of such count and shall operate to correct the returns of the moderators or presiding officers so as to conform to such decision of said court. Nothing in this section shall be considered as prohibiting an appeal to the Supreme Court from a final judgment of the Superior Court. The judges of the Supreme Court may establish rules of procedure for the speedy and inexpensive hearing of such appeals within fifteen days of such judgment of a judge of the Superior Court.

(1949 Rev., S. 1106; 1953, S. 803d; P.A. 78-125, S. 10.)

History: P.A. 78-125 changed limiting day in December by which decision of supreme court to be transmitted to secretary of the state to “forthwith”, changed reference to errors in rulings of “moderator” to “election officials”, clarified authority of supreme court to rule on final judgment of superior court and provided for establishment of rules for speedy hearing of appeals.

Procedure considered. 77 C. 595. See 82 C. 330. Cited. 186 C. 125; 205 C. 495; 231 C. 602.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 38 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case: Wrinn v. Dunleavy, 440 A.2d 261 (Conn. 1982).
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Wrinn v. Dunleavy, 440 A.2d 261 (Conn. 1982). · cites it 25× “On September 30, 1981, the plaintiff, pursuant to General Statutes § 9-325, 6 applied to the trial judge *131 for the certification of a question of law for expedited review by this court.”
Keeley v. Ayala, 179 A.3d 1249 (Conn. 2018). · cites it 8× “The defendants, a winning candidate and certain city officials involved in the election process (city defendants), 2 thereafter filed with the trial court a reservation of four questions of law, 3 which that court certified and transmitted to this court for review pursuant **398…”
Caruso v. City of Bridgeport, 941 A.2d 266 (Conn. 2008). · cites it 8× “Upon certification by the trial court, the plaintiff then appealed to this court pursuant to General Statutes § 9-325. Id., 130-31. In addition to certifying the plaintiffs question of law, the trial court certified three questions raised by the defendants; id.”
Scheyd v. Bezrucik, 535 A.2d 793 (Conn. 1987). · cites it 10× “In order to invoke the special appeal procedures of General Statutes § 9-325, 4 the parties agreed upon a stip *500 ulated finding of facts, and the trial court thereupon certified to this court its decision on five disputed issues of law.”
Lazar v. Ganim, 334 Conn. 73 (Conn. 2019). · cites it 6× “This appeal, which comes before this court pursuant to the expedited review procedure provided by General Statutes § 9-325, involves a claim that certain improprieties in the handling of absentee ballots for the 2019 Democratic primary election for municipal office (primary…”
Caruso v. City of Bridgeport, 937 A.2d 1 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 13× “The plaintiff objected to the motion and requested that the trial court certify the question of whether the impoundment order should be vacated to the Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court pursuant to General Statutes § 9-325. After a hearing, the trial court granted…”
Bortner v. Town of Woodbridge, 736 A.2d 104 (Conn. 1999). · cites it 5× “” The defendants purported to appeal directly to this court pursuant to General Statutes § 51-199 (b) (5), which, insofar as it might apply to the present case, provides for a direct appeal to this court in “any election . . . dispute brought to the Supreme Court pursuant to .”
Gonzalez v. Surgeon, 937 A.2d 13 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 8× “Pursuant to General Statutes § 9-325, 4 Gonzalez alone then filed an *558 application for certification of questions of law and the trial court granted the application in part, certifying the following questions: (1) Whether § 9-410 (c) requires that all petitions obtained by a…”
Simmons-Cook v. City of Bridgeport, 936 A.2d 605 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 20× “The plaintiff then brought an appeal pursuant to General Statutes §§ 9-325 3 and *827 51-199 (b) (5).”
Caruso v. City of Bridgeport, 937 A.2d 7 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 20× “The plaintiff then brought an appeal pursuant to General Statutes §§ 9-325 3 and *809 51-199 (b) (5).”
Simmons-Cook v. City of Bridgeport, 936 A.2d 601 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 13× “The plaintiff objected to the motion and requested that the trial court certify the question of whether the impoundment order should be vacated to the Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court pursuant to General Statutes § 9-325. After a hearing, the trial court granted…”
Arciniega v. Feliciano, 184 A.3d 1202 (Conn. 2018). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 9-325 (providing that Supreme Court "may establish rules of procedure for the speedy and inexpensive hearing" of appeals and reservations stemming from contested elections and primaries).”
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