Rule 71-4. Opinions; Rescripts; Official Release Date

(a) After the court releases an opinion in any case other than a case involving a question certified from a federal court, the Reporter of Judicial Decisions shall provide a hyperlink to an electronic version of the opinion and send a copy of the rescript to the clerk of the trial court and shall make the rescript available to the appellate clerk. Notice of the decision of the court shall be deemed to have been given, for all purposes, on the official release date that appears in the court's opinion or memorandum decision.

(b) The official opinion of the court is the version published in the bound or electronic volumes of the Connecticut Reports and the Connecticut Appellate Reports, or, if not published in a bound or electronic volume, the most recent version published in the Connecticut Law Journal.

Committee Notes

(Amended Jan. 29, 2009, to take effect March 1, 2009; amended Oct. 18, 2017, to take effect Jan. 1, 2018.) (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 4120.) (Amended Jan. 29, 2009, to