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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Supreme Court / Joined 1972 / Served to 1977

Herbert S. MacDonald

Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court

Herbert S. MacDonald was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1972. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1907–1998
Tenure: 1972–1977 · 4 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1972	Connecticut Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Yale University
Harvard University

Judicial Record

In our data, MacDonald authored 25 published opinions for the court (1972–1977), plus 4 dissents. Most cited: Prokolkin v. General Motors Corporation (90 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. 24 of these were attributed to MacDonald 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
1976	Prokolkin v. General Motors Corporation	170 Conn. 289	90
1975	Evening Sentinel v. National Organization for Women· Dissent†	168 Conn. 26	68
1973	Diamond National Corp. v. Dwelle†	164 Conn. 540	68
1973	Simonette v. Great American Insurance†	165 Conn. 466	63
1977	Barrett v. Southern Connecticut Gas Co.†	172 Conn. 362	58
1973	Berlinski v. Ovellette· Dissent†	164 Conn. 482	53
1976	Grody v. Tulin†	170 Conn. 443	52
1975	State v. Jonas†	169 Conn. 566	49
1974	Gosselin v. Perry†	166 Conn. 152	40
1974	Dana-Robin Corp. v. Common Council of Danbury†	166 Conn. 207	39
1976	Perley v. Glastonbury Bank & Trust Co.	170 Conn. 691	38
1975	McDermott v. Commissioner of Children & Youth Services†	168 Conn. 435	35
1973	Waterbury Teachers Ass'n v. City of Waterbury†	164 Conn. 426	35
1976	Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. Kluczinsky	171 Conn. 516	32
1975	City of Groton v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities†	169 Conn. 89	32

Showing the 15 most-cited of 29 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 Herbert S. MacDonald on?: Herbert S. MacDonald was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

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4 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).