Horton Dowd Bartschi & Levesque, PC
- Jul 12
The Rules of Professional Conduct and C.G.S. § 1-2z
By Attorneys Wesley W. Horton and Brendon P. Levesque July 12, 2021 In its wisdom the Connecticut legislature in § 1-2z decreed that if a...
By Kenneth J. Bartschi
- Jun 18
The Supreme Court's Narrow Ruling in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Reading much of the initial reporting yesterday, you might have gotten the impression that the Supreme Court delivered a huge victory for...
By Scott T. Garosshen
- Feb 18
The Appellate Deadline Twilight Zone
Do appeal filing deadlines exist right now? Maybe. But you should act as though they do. Back in December, Executive Order 9O provided...
Horton Dowd Bartschi & Levesque, PC
- Dec 2, 2020
Executive Order No. 9O: Statutory Time Requirements in the Supreme and Appellate Courts
On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order No. 9O, which orders and directs that the suspension of the...
By Wesley W. Horton
- Oct 26, 2020
Watching the Debates
We have now watched 2 Presidential debates and 1 Vice Presidential debate. The latter was by far the most edifying. Most people watching...
By Kenneth J. Bartschi, Partner and Jennifer Nye
- Aug 18, 2020
APPELLATE RULE CHANGES
As the annotators to the Practice Book, we would like to share the most recently adopted revisions to the Rules of Appellate Procedure,...
By Scott T. Garosshen
- Jul 10, 2020
The Betrayal of Originalism in BOSTOCK v. CLAYTON COUNTY?
Last month, Justice Gorsuch held that the 1964 Civil Rights Act extends employment protection to gay and transgender folks, because...
By Kenneth J. Bartschi
- Jun 16, 2020
BOSTOCK Part II - Alito's Troubling Dissent
Yesterday, the Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision, Bostock v. Clayton County, No. 17-1618 (U.S. June 15, 2020), that Title VII...
By Kenneth J. Bartschi
- Jun 15, 2020
SCOTUS Rules that Title VII Prohibits Discrimination Against LGBTQ People
June is LGBTQ Pride month, which explains the appearance of rainbow flags everywhere. June 12 is the anniversary of the Pulse Night Club...
Horton Dowd Bartschi & Levesque, PC
- Jun 12, 2020
Suspension re: Supreme & Appellate Court Filings Lifted
By order of the Chief Justice on June 10, 2020, the suspension of all Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Court filings was lifted. The...
By Wesley W. Horton
- May 15, 2020
He, They and Brief Writing
As an appellate lawyer sitting at home being notified about once a day of another court order delaying an oral argument or extending the...
By Wesley W. Horton
- May 12, 2020
Top 10 Supreme Court Decisions of 2019
“Top” is a word of some ambiguity. One definition is the size of the newspaper headline the day after the decision came out. On that...
Brendon P. Levesque
- Apr 22, 2020
Thoughts on my first oral argument via teleconference with the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Given the current limitations on the ability to hold in-person oral arguments, the Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Courts have decided...
By Kenneth J. Bartschi
- Apr 7, 2020
Apocalypse Now
We are currently experiencing an apocalypse. No, not the end-of-the-world kind that is frequently the subject of sci-fi movies, even if...