PELLEGRINO v. O'NEILL

(12369)

193 Conn. 670 (1984)

MARY D. PELLEGRINO ET AL. v. WILLIAM A. O'NEILL ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley W. Horton, with whom was Robert M. Shields, Jr., for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Elliot F. Gerson, deputy attorney general, with whom were Henry S. Cohn, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, for the appellees (defendants).

PETERS, HEALEY, PARSKEY, SHEA and GRILLO, JS.


SHEA, J.

The principal issue ultimately involved in this case is whether the judiciary, in order to implement the constitutional right to justice without delay in the disposition of civil jury cases, may direct the legislature to appoint additional trial judges for that purpose. We conclude that to do so would violate the basic principle of separation of powers and that the issue of whether a violation of that constitutional right is occurring in this state is nonjusticiable...

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