CONNECTICUT STATUTES AND CODES
Sec. 51-204. Quorum; judges called in.
Sec. 51-204. Quorum; judges called in. (a) Any three judges of the Supreme Court
shall constitute a quorum.
(b) If more than two judges of the Supreme Court are disqualified or disabled or
decline to act in any matter before the court, the remaining judges may call to their
assistance sufficient judges of the Superior Court to constitute a quorum. Those judges
of the Superior Court shall sit with the remaining judges of the Supreme Court as the
court to hear and decide the matter.
(c) If all the judges of the Supreme Court are disqualified or disabled or decline to
hear an action pending before the court, the action may be heard and decided by any
three judges of the Superior Court, who shall be designated by the Chief Justice or
presiding judge of the Supreme Court and shall constitute the court for the hearing of
the action. The Chief Justice or presiding judge shall order the time for the convening
of the Superior Court judges; and the clerk of the court before which the action is pending
shall notify the judges thereof.
(d) A judge shall not sit to review a decision which he has made below.
(1949 Rev., S. 7678; P.A. 82-248, S. 106.)
History: P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs.
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