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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Supreme Court / Joined 1926 / Served to 1940

George Elijah Hinman

Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court

George Elijah Hinman was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1926. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1870–1961
Tenure: 1926–1940 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1926	Connecticut Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Harvard University
Yale University

Judicial Record

In our data, Hinman authored 410 published opinions for the court (1922–1942), plus 10 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: State v. Stoddard (128 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1940	State v. Stoddard	13 A.2d 586	128
1931	Hoffman v. City of Bristol	155 A. 499	118
1937	Willoughby v. City of New Haven	197 A. 85	117
1931	Thayer v. Board of Appeals	157 A. 273	109
1931	St. Patrick's Church Corporation v. Daniels	154 A. 343	108
1932	Burkhardt v. Armour & Co.	161 A. 385	101
1934	Ursini v. Goldman	173 A. 789	91
1939	Glotzer v. Keyes	5 A.2d 1	86
1935	Marino v. Town of East Haven	182 A. 225	79
1940	State v. Nelson	11 A.2d 856	77
1939	Massa v. Nastri	3 A.2d 839	76
1938	Sanger v. City of Bridgeport	198 A. 746	75
1929	State v. Guilfoyle	145 A. 761	71
1934	MacKay v. Aetna Life Insurance	173 A. 783	69
1938	May v. Young	2 A.2d 385	68

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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 George Elijah Hinman on?: George Elijah Hinman was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

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13 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).