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Connecticut Appellate Court on whether the court’s last session of the season,
The Connecticut Appellate Court in Hartford an- which begins April 27, would also be postponed.
nounced last week that oral arguments would not The state’s high court begins its 2020-2021 season
go forward in any of the cases scheduled to be heard in September.
from March 17 to March 19, which was the end of Robinson, in a statement to the Connecticut Law
the sixth term. As of press time, cases had not been Tribune, wrote that the postponement of the sev-
scheduled for the court’s seventh term, which starts enth session was necessary to “promote public and
April 6. personal health during the COVID-19 crisis.”
Robinson also said “future assignable cases deter-
mined to be priority cases, where delay will work
Connecticut Federal Courts
Like the state courts, the state’s three federal an injustice, will be heard either by videoconfer-
courts in Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven will ence, considered without oral argument if waived by
also stop all new jury selections and jury trials until counsel, or will be heard in a courtroom is necessary.
at least April 13. Trials already underway are set to The Supreme Court will continue to conference on a
continue. regular schedule by teleconference.”
In addition, unlike in the Superior Court system, ¦

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