Rule 84-5. Form of Petition

(a) A petition for certification shall be filed as one document with a single pagination scheme that starts on the first page of the petition and continues throughout. The page numbers shall be centered on the bottom of the page and shall be written as ''Page X of XX'' (e.g., Page 1 of 33 . . . Page 7 of 33 . . . Page 33 of 33). The petition must contain the following sections in the order indicated here:

(1) A brief introduction providing context for the statement of the questions presented for review.

(2) A statement of the questions presented for review, expressed in the terms and circumstances of the case but without unnecessary detail. The Supreme Court will ordinarily consider only those questions squarely raised, subject to any limitation in the order granting certification.

(3) A brief history of the case containing the facts material to the consideration of the questions presented, including the disposition of the matter in the Appellate Court, and if applicable, a specific description of how the Appellate Court decided the questions presented for review in the petition.

(4) A concise argument expanding on the bases for certification, as presented in Section 84-2, and explaining why the Supreme Court should allow the extraordinary relief of certification. No separate memorandum of law in support of the petition will be accepted by the appellate clerk.

(5) An appendix, containing:

(A) a table of contents,

(B) the opinion, preferably as published in the Connecticut Law Journal, or order of the Appellate Court sought to be reviewed,

(C) if the opinion or order of the Appellate Court was per curiam or a summary affirmance or dismissal, a copy of the trial court's memorandum of decision that was entered in connection with the claim raised by the petitioner before the Appellate Court, or, if no memorandum was filed, a copy of the trial court's ruling on the matter,

(D) a copy of the order on any motion, other than a motion for extension of time, which would stay or extend the time period for filing the petition,

(E) a list of all parties to the appeal in the Appellate Court with the names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and, if applicable, the juris numbers of their trial and appellate counsel.

(6) A certification that: (1) a copy has been delivered to each other counsel of record in accordance with the provisions of Section 62-7, and (2) that the petition complies with the word count requirement of subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Except as otherwise ordered, petitions shall not exceed 4000 words. The word count is exclusive of the case caption, signature block of counsel of record, certifications and appendix. Petitions, including footnotes, shall be typed in a 12 point serif font. Section captions shall be typed in a 14 point serif font. A list of serif fonts can be found in the guidelines published on the Judicial Branch website. Margins shall be 1 and 1/2 inches on all sides. All text must be left aligned. Line spacing can be between 1.3x and 1.5x and must be uniform throughout, including the body of the document, footnotes and block quotes. Bold face or italic emphasis tools shall be used, not underlining.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 4130.) (Amended July 23, 1998, to take effect Jan. 1, 1999; amended Jan. 17, 2002, to take effect April 15, 2002; amended May 15, 2003, to take effect Jan. 1, 2004; amended Sept. 16, 2015, to take effect Jan. 1, 2016; amended July 23, 2019, to take effect Jan. 1, 2020; amended June 15, 2021, to take effect Jan. 1, 2022; amended July 19, 2022, to take effect Jan. 1, 2023; amended June 27, 2023, to take effect Jan. 1, 2024; amended July 15, 2025, to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.) HISTORY—2026: Prior to 2026, the introductory paragraph to subsection (a) provided: ''A petition for certification shall contain the following sections in the order indicated here.'' Additionally, the introductory paragraph to subsection (a) rately from the petition with consecutively numbered pages preceded by the letter ''A,'' containing.'' The last sentence in subsection (a) (5) (E) concerning the certificate of interested entities or individuals was deleted. In addition, what is now subsection (a) (6) was added. COMMENTARY—2026: The purpose of these amend- ments is to make the format of petitions consistent with recent changes to the format of briefs, to add a word count certification