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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Supreme Court / Joined 1971 / Served to 1980

Alva P. Loiselle

Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court

Alva P. Loiselle was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1971. He previously served on the Connecticut Appellate Court. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1910–2005
Tenure: 1971–1980 · 9 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1971	Connecticut Supreme Court	–	–
1971	Connecticut Appellate Court	–	–

Education

University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut

Judicial Record

In our data, Loiselle authored 62 published opinions for the court (1971–1980), plus 12 dissents and 6 concurrences. Most cited: Corey v. Avco-Lycoming Division (186 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 63 of these were attributed to Loiselle by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1972	Corey v. Avco-Lycoming Division· Concurrence†	163 Conn. 309	186
1977	Goldberg v. Zoning Commission· Dissent†	173 Conn. 23	119
1973	State v. Watson†	165 Conn. 577	118
1974	State v. Clemente†	166 Conn. 501	117
1980	State v. Jones†	180 Conn. 443	114
1978	State v. Mastropetre†	175 Conn. 512	100
1971	Jones Destruction, Inc. v. Upjohn	161 Conn. 191	100
1974	State v. Ralls†	167 Conn. 408	94
1973	Gordon v. Indusco Management Corp.†	164 Conn. 262	84
1972	DiPalma v. Wiesen†	163 Conn. 293	83
1973	Balch Pontiac-Buick, Inc. v. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles· Dissent†	165 Conn. 559	82
1973	Hartford Kosher Caterers, Inc. v. Gazda†	165 Conn. 478	77
1978	State v. Grant	176 Conn. 17	72
1977	Duksa v. City of Middletown†	173 Conn. 124	71
1980	Chrysler Credit Corporation v. Fairfield Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.· Concurrence†	180 Conn. 223	69

Showing the 15 most-cited of 80 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Connecticut Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Alva P. Loiselle on?: Alva P. Loiselle was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

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9 years on the Connecticut Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).