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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Appellate Court / Joined 1984 / Served to 1991

Daniel F. Spallone

Judge, Connecticut Appellate Court

Daniel F. Spallone was a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court (11 judges, selected by gubernatorial appointment), who joined the court in 1984. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1984–1991 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1984	Connecticut Appellate Court	–	–

Education

University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut

Judicial Record

In our data, Spallone authored 308 published opinions for the court (1984–1991), plus 4 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Brown v. Town of Branford (168 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. 310 of these were attributed to Spallone 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
1987	Brown v. Town of Branford†	12 Conn. App. 106	168
1985	Sheiman v. Lafayette Bank & Trust Co.†	4 Conn. App. 39	145
1985	Fairfield Lease Corp. v. Romano's Auto Service†	4 Conn. App. 495	143
1988	Mora v. Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance†	13 Conn. App. 208	133
1984	In re Juvenile Appeal (84-6)†	2 Conn. App. 705	106
1987	State v. Thurman· Dissent†	10 Conn. App. 302	96
1991	Thermoglaze, Inc. v. Morningside Gardens Co.†	23 Conn. App. 741	86
1985	Isaac v. Mount Sinai Hospital†	3 Conn. App. 598	78
1984	Allied Plywood, Inc. v. Planning & Zoning Commission†	2 Conn. App. 506	75
1989	Kaeser v. Conservation Commission†	20 Conn. App. 309	72
1990	Argentinis v. Gould†	23 Conn. App. 9	71
1985	Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. v. Dowling†	4 Conn. App. 376	69
1985	Sauter v. Sauter†	4 Conn. App. 581	64
1990	Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis, Inc. v. Winters†	22 Conn. App. 640	59
1986	Bergin v. Bergin†	3 Conn. App. 566	55

Showing the 15 most-cited of 313 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 Daniel F. Spallone on?: Daniel F. Spallone was a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court.

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7 years 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).