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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Supreme Court / Joined 1963 / Served to 1965

John M. Comley

Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court

John M. Comley was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1963. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1895–1974
Tenure: 1963–1965 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1963	Connecticut Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Yale University

Judicial Record

In our data, Comley authored 15 published opinions for the court (1949–1965). Most cited: Grievance Committee v. Rottner (49 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. 9 of these were attributed to Comley 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
1964	Grievance Committee v. Rottner†	152 Conn. 59	49
1956	Fairbanks v. State	143 Conn. 653	46
1964	State v. American News Co.†	152 Conn. 101	26
1956	State Ex Rel. Cooley v. Kegley	143 Conn. 679	24
1963	Harris v. Planning Commission	151 Conn. 95	20
1963	Mynyk v. Board of Zoning Appeals	151 Conn. 34	20
1964	Infeld v. Sullivan†	151 Conn. 506	18
1964	Nielsen v. Zoning Board of Appeals†	152 Conn. 120	11
1963	Dooley v. Town Plan & Zoning Commission†	151 Conn. 151	7
1963	Mianus Realty Co. v. Greenway	151 Conn. 128	7
1965	Ford v. Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International Union†	152 Conn. 533	6
1949	Johnson v. Phaefflin	68 A.2d 687	4
1965	Clark v. Planning & Zoning Commission†	152 Conn. 559	3
1964	State v. Griswold†	151 Conn. 544	3
1964	Noyes v. Liquor Control Commission†	151 Conn. 524	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 15 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 John M. Comley on?: John M. Comley was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

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1 year 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).