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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Supreme Court / Joined 1992 / Served to 2013

Flemming L. Norcott Jr.

Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court

Flemming L. Norcott Jr. was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (7 judges, selected by gubernatorial appointment), who joined the court in 1992. He previously served on the Connecticut Appellate Court. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1943 · age 83
Tenure: 1992–2013 · 21 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1987	Connecticut Appellate Court	–	–
1992	Connecticut Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Columbia University in the City of New York

Judicial Record

In our data, Norcott authored 526 published opinions for the court (1987–2012), plus 30 dissents and 21 concurrences. Most cited: Novametrix Medical Systems, Inc. v. BOC Group, Inc. (1,179 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. 476 of these were attributed to Norcott 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
1992	Novametrix Medical Systems, Inc. v. BOC Group, Inc.†	224 Conn. 210	1,179
1998	Peter-Michael, Inc. v. Sea Shell Associates†	244 Conn. 269	734
1997	Parsons v. United Technologies Corp.†	243 Conn. 66	482
1996	Doty v. Mucci†	238 Conn. 800	328
1996	Jolly, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals†	237 Conn. 184	296
1994	Haesche v. Kissner†	229 Conn. 213	259
2004	State v. Colon· Concurrence†	272 Conn. 106	228
2000	Miles v. Foley†	253 Conn. 381	223
1996	State v. Webb· Dissent†	238 Conn. 389	214
2003	State v. Courchesne· Concurrence†	262 Conn. 537	204
2003	Schoonmaker v. Lawrence Brunoli, Inc.†	265 Conn. 210	189
2002	Perodeau v. City of Hartford· Concurrence†	259 Conn. 729	184
1999	Lawrence Brunoli, Inc. v. Town of Branford†	247 Conn. 407	183
1995	State v. Prioleau· Concurrence†	235 Conn. 274	166
1996	Elgar v. Elgar†	238 Conn. 839	163

Showing the 15 most-cited of 577 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 Flemming L. Norcott Jr. on?: Flemming L. Norcott Jr. was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Sources

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21 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).