2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 51 - Courts
Chapter 883a - Reporter of Judicial Decisions
Section 51-215b - (Formerly Sec. 51-20). Digests of decisions.

(a) The Reporter of Judicial Decisions shall compile or supervise the compilation of, and the Commission on Official Legal Publications shall publish, at such times and in such form as the reporter of judicial decisions deems best, digests of the decisions reported in the Connecticut Reports and other volumes of law reports published by the Commission on Official Legal Publications. In compiling the digests the Reporter of Judicial Decisions may use the material appearing in the indices printed as part of the reports.

(b) The reporter may grant permission for the use of material in index-digests of Connecticut Reports copyrighted in the name of the state, in the preparation of other such digests on such terms and conditions as he prescribes.

(1955, S. 1012d; 1957, P.A. 176, S. 10; 1963, P.A. 288, S. 5; P.A. 73-541, S. 3, 8; P.A. 82-248, S. 116.)

History: 1963 act added Connecticut Circuit Court Reports; P.A. 73-541 replaced provisions re publication of digest and supplements for decisions reported in Connecticut Supplement and Connecticut Circuit Court Reports with less detailed provisions; P.A. 82-248 divided section into subsections and added provision re use of material in index-digests formerly in Sec. 51-214; Sec. 51-20 transferred to Sec. 51-215b in 1983.