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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Supreme Court / Joined 2007 / Served to 2008

Barry R. Schaller

Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court

Barry R. Schaller was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, who joined the court in 2007. He previously served on the Connecticut Appellate Court. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1938 · age 88
Tenure: 2007–2008 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	Connecticut Appellate Court	–	–
2007	Connecticut Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Yale University
Yale University
Yale University
Yale University

Judicial Record

In our data, Schaller authored 594 published opinions for the court (1993–2017), plus 45 dissents and 20 concurrences. Most cited: In re Hector L. (113 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. 533 of these were attributed to Schaller 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
1999	In re Hector L.†	53 Conn. App. 359	113
1995	Johnson v. Commissioner of Correction†	36 Conn. App. 695	113
1999	In re Antony B.†	54 Conn. App. 463	85
2008	Bhatia v. Debek	948 A.2d 1009	77
1993	Sharp v. Wyatt, Inc.†	31 Conn. App. 824	70
1997	Mullen v. Horton· Dissent†	46 Conn. App. 759	63
1994	Clement v. Clement· Dissent†	34 Conn. App. 641	59
1998	Pavliscak v. Bridgeport Hospital†	48 Conn. App. 580	58
2000	In re Shyina B.†	58 Conn. App. 159	55
1993	Pergament v. Green†	32 Conn. App. 644	55
1994	State v. Merritt†	36 Conn. App. 76	52
2008	Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London v. Cooperman	957 A.2d 836	50
2008	Rivers v. City of New Britain· Dissent†	950 A.2d 1247	49
1999	Davenport v. Quinn†	53 Conn. App. 282	49
1998	State v. Chasse†	51 Conn. App. 345	47

Showing the 15 most-cited of 659 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 Barry R. Schaller on?: Barry R. Schaller was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

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1 year 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).