How do judges of the Connecticut Appellate Court reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Appellate Court / Joined 1988 / Served to 1989

Burton J. Jacobson

Judge, Connecticut Appellate Court

Burton J. Jacobson was a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court, who joined the court in 1988. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1988–1989 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1988	Connecticut Appellate Court	–	–

Education

Boston University

Judicial Record

In our data, Jacobson authored 8 published opinions for the court (1989). Most cited: Carlson v. Fisher (67 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. 8 of these were attributed to Jacobson 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
1989	Carlson v. Fisher†	18 Conn. App. 488	67
1989	Ozmun v. Burns†	18 Conn. App. 677	55
1989	Arpaia v. Corrone†	18 Conn. App. 539	43
1989	Harris Calorific Sales Co. v. Manifold Systems, Inc.†	18 Conn. App. 559	36
1989	Trumpold v. Besch†	19 Conn. App. 22	23
1989	Maruca v. Standard†	19 Conn. App. 16	8
1989	Augeri v. Planning & Zoning Commission†	18 Conn. App. 722	2
1989	Mayfair Roofing & Renovating Co. v. Ramco Technologies, Inc.†	18 Conn. App. 682	2

Showing the 8 most-cited of 8 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 Appellate Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Burton J. Jacobson on?: Burton J. Jacobson was a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court.

Sources

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