Selected Bibliography

Books
(In order of usefulness)

Purcell, Connecticut in Transition: 1775-1818 (Wesleyan Univ. Press, 1963)
This book, originally published in 1918, is far and away the most valuable and readable book on Connecticut History.
Greene, The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut (1905)
Morse, A Neglected Period of Connecticut's History 1818-1850 (Yale, 1933)
Morgan, Connecticut as a Colony and as a State, or One of the Original Thirteen (1904)
Several rather moldy volumes of vaguely connected essays.
Osborn, History of Connecticut in Monographic Form (1925)
Ditto
Williamson, American Suffrage From Property to Democracy 1760-1865 (Princeton 1960)
Trumbull, Historical Notes on The Constitution of Connecticut (1901)
Loomis & Calhoun, The Judicial and Civil History of Connecticut (1895)
This takes the medal as a cure for insomnia.
Bischoff, The Theory of Separation of Powers as Practiced and Judicially Recognized in the State of Connecticut (1931)
This is a thesis and reads like the title.

Articles

Connecticut Bar Journal
Biographies of several justices on the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors are quite valuable. Most are found in the various volumes from 1945-1948. In addition, 53 Conn. Bar J.494 (1979) discusses Oliver Ellsworth, 57 Conn Bar J.196 (1983) discusses the Tapping Reeve prosecution for seditious libel, 57 Conn. Bar J. (1983) discusses the federal court in Connecticut, and 40 Conn. Bar J.440 (1966) discusses the Litchfield Law School.

Connecticut Law Review
A symposium of the Connecticut Constitution is found in Vol. 15, number 1. Especially valuable is Collier, "The Connecticut Declaration of Rights before the Constitution of 1818: A Victim of Revolutionary Redefinition," 15 Conn. Law R. 87 (1982).

In Vol. 18 is Weisbrod, "On Evidence and Intentions: The More Proof, The More Doubt," 18 Conn. Law R. 803 (1986), discussing Daggett's religious oath case, Atwood v. Welton.

In Vol. 8 is Kay, "The Rule-Making Authority and Separation of Powers in Connecticut", 8 Conn. Law R.1 (1975), which is a brilliant attack on the arrogation of power by the courts.

Contemporary Sources

Minutes of the 1818 Constitutional Convention
None known to exist. Detailed reporting of the debates is found in the Connecticut (Hartford) Courant and the Connecticut (New Haven) Journal.

Minutes of the 1965 Constitutional Convention
Readily available at State Library.

Records of the State of Connecticut
12 volumes to date on period from 1776 through 1805. Many volumes, especially the more recent, have good introductions by the editor.

Swift, A Vindication of the Calling of the Special Superior Court...[concerning Peter Lung's Case] (1816)
A vituperative pamphlet; wonderful reading.
Daggett, Count the Cost (1804)
Ditto.

Bibliography
Collier, The Literature of Connecticut History (1983)

Table of Court Cases Cited
Court case citations generally refer, in that order, to the volume, the identification of the court, and the page where the case begins in that volume. Thus "14 Conn. 142" means the case in volume 14 of the reports of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors starting at page 142. Prior to 1814, the reports of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors and of the Superior Court were identified by the reporter of the volume. For 1785-88 it was Ephraim Kirby; 1788-98, Jesse Root; and 1802-14, Thomas Day. Opinions of the United States Supreme Court are referred to as "U.S." Modern opinions of the Connecticut Superior Court are referred to as "Conn. Supp." The volume and page references with "A." and "A.2d" are alternate unofficial citations for Connecticut cases which are primarily of use to out-of-state lawyers.

Connecticut Cases
Atwood v. Welton, 7 Conn. 66 (1828)
Bostwick v. Isbell, 41 Conn. 305 (1874)
Brennan's Liquors, State v., 25 Conn. 278 (1856)
The Bridgeport Public Library and Reading Room v. The Burroughs Home, 85 Conn. 309, 82 A. 582 (1912)
Builders Service Corporation, Inc. v. Planning & Zoning Commission of the Town of East Hampton, 208 Conn. 267, 545 A.2d 530 (1988)
Calder v. Bull, 2 Root 350 (Conn. 1796), aff'd., 3 U.S. 386 (1798)
Camp v. Rogers, 44 Conn. 291 (1877)
Cantwell, State v., 126 Conn. 1, 8 A.2d 533 (1939), rev'd., 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
Castelli, State v., 92 Conn. 58, 101 A. 476 (1917)
Clemente, State v., 166 Conn. 501, 353 A.2d 723 (1974)
Cologne v. Westfarms Associates, 192 Conn. 48, 469 A.2d 1201 (1984)
Conlon, State v., 65 Conn. 478, 33 A.519 (1895)
Crandall v. State, 10 Conn. 339 (1834)
Doe v. Maher, 40 Conn. Supp. 394, 515 A.2d 134 (1986)
Foot v. Card, 58 Conn. 1, 18 A. 1027 (1889)
Gaines v. Manson, 194 Conn. 510, 481 A.2d 1084 (1984)
Goshen v. Stonington, 4 Conn. 209 (1822)
Griswold, State v., 67 Conn. 290, 34 A. 1046 (1896)
Grumon v. Raymond, 1 Conn. 40 (1814)
Hartford v. Larrabee Fund Assn., 161 Conn. 312, 288 A.2d 71 (1971)
The Hartford Bridge Co. v. East Hartford, 16 Conn. 149 (1844)
Hartford Bridge Co. v. Union Ferry Co., 29 Conn. 210 (1860)
Heiberger v. Clark, 148 Conn. 177, 169 A.2d 652 (1961)
Horton v. Meskill, 172 Conn. 615, 376 A.2d 359 (1977)
In re Applicationn of Clark, 65 Conn. 17, 31 A. 522 (1894)
In re Hall, 50 Conn. 131 (1882)
Jackson v. Bulloch, 12 Conn. 38 (1837)
Jarzbek, State v., 204 Conn. 683, 529 A.2d 1245 (1987)
Kimbro, State v., 197 Conn. 219, 496 A.2d 498 (1985)
King v. The Middletown Insurance Co., 1 Conn. 184 (1814)
Lavertue v. Niman, 196 Conn. 403, 493 A.2d 213 (1985)
Lee, State v., 65 Conn. 265, 30 A. 1110 (1894)
Lung's Case, 1 Conn. 428 (1815)
McKee, State v., 73 Conn. 18, 46 A. 409 (1900)
Miller v. Schaffer, 164 Conn. 8, 320 A.2d 1 (1972)
Mitchell v. Preston, V Day 100 (Conn. 1811)
Naylor v. Fosdick IV Day 146 (Conn. 1810)
Nelson, State v., 126 Conn. 412, 11 A.2d 856 (1940)
Norwalk Street Ry. Co.'s Appeal, 69 Conn. 576, 37 A. 1080 (1897)
Ockershausen v. N.Y., N.H & H. Ry. Co., 71 Conn. 617, 42 A. 650 (1899)
Opinion of the Judges of the Supreme Court, 30 Conn. 591 (1862)
Pellegrino v. O'Neill, 193 Conn. 670, 480 A.2d 476 (1984)
Pratt v. Allen, 13 Conn. 119 (1839)
Selleck v. French, 1 Conn. 32 (1814)
Sinchuk, State v., 96 Conn. 605, 115 A. 33 (1921)
Starr v. Pease, 8 Conn. 541 (1831)
State Bar Assn. v. Connecticut Bank & Trust Co., 145 Conn. 222, 140 A.2d 863 (1958)
State ex rel. Morris v. Bulkeley, 61 Conn. 287, 23 A. 186 (1892)
State v._______________,
(see name of adverse party)
Stow v. Converse, 4 Conn. 17 (1821)
Styles v. Tyler, 64 Conn. 432, 30 A. 165 (1894)
Symsbury Case, Kirby 444 (Conn. 1785)
Szarwak v. Warden, Connecticut Correctional Institution, 167 Conn. 10, 355 A.2d 49 (1974)
Travelers Insurance Co., State v., 73 Conn. 255, 17 A. 299 (1900)
Walkinshaw v. O'Brien, 130 Conn. 122, 32 A.2d 547 (1943)
Washington, State v., 182 Conn. 419, 438 A.2d 1144 (1980)
Webster v. Harwinton, 32 Conn. 131 (1864)
Weeden v. Hawes, 10 Conn. 50 (1834)
Wheeler, State v., 25 Conn. 290 (1856)
Wheeler's Appeal from Probate, 45 Conn. 306 (1877)
White v. Fisk, 22 Conn. 31 (1852)
United States Supreme Court Cases
Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
Bradwell v. Illinois, 83 U.S. 130 (1872)
Calder v. Bull, 3 U.S. 386 (1798)
Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856)
Gaffney v. Cummings, 412 U.S. 735 (1973)
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
Marbury v. Madison 5 U.S. 137 (1803)
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
Morrison v. Olson, 101 L.Ed. 2d 569 (U.S. 1988)
Palko v. Connecticut, 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
San Antonio Independent School Dist. v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919)

Other Federal Cases
Butterworth v. Dempsey, 237 F. Supp. 302 (D. Conn.) aff'd., 378 U.S. 564 (1964)
U.S. v. Reeve, no decision

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