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Conn. Practice Book § 83-1A
Form of Application
(a) The application for certification shall contain:
(1) the question of law on which the appeal is to be
based; (2) a description of the substantial public
interest that is alleged to be involved; (3) an explanation as to why delay may work a substantial
injustice; (4) an appendix with: (A) the decision
or order of the Superior Court sought to be
appealed and (B) a list of all parties to the case
in the Superior Court with the names, addresses,
telephone numbers, email addresses and, if applicable, the juris numbers of their counsel; and (5)
a certification that: (1) a copy has been delivered
to each other counsel of record in accordance
with the provisions of Section 62-7, and (2) that
the application complies with the word count
requirement of subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Except as otherwise ordered, the application
shall not exceed 4000 words. The word count is
exclusive of the case caption, signature block of
counsel of record, certifications and appendix.
Applications, including footnotes, shall be typed
in a 12 point serif font. Section captions shall be
typed in a 14 point serif font. A list of serif fonts
can be found in the guidelines published on the
Judicial Branch website. Margins shall be 1 and
1/2 inches on all sides. All text must be left aligned.
Line spacing can be between 1.3x and 1.5x and
must be uniform throughout, including the body
of the document, footnotes and block quotes. Bold
face or italic emphasis tools shall be used, not
underlining.
Applications shall be filed as one document with
a single pagination scheme that starts on the first
page of the application and continues throughout
the entire document, on every page, including the
pages in an attached appendix. The page numbers shall be centered on the bottom of the page
and shall be written as “Page X of XX” (e.g., Page
1 of 33. . . Page 7 of 33. . . Page 33 of 33).
History
(Adopted July 15, 2025, to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.) COMMENTARY—2026: The purpose of this new rule is to update the rules to conform to current practice and to make the format for applications pursuant to General Statutes § 52-265a more consistent with the format for motions.
Provenance
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- jud.ct.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-15
- Edition
- 2026-09-15
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