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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Supreme Court / Joined 1991 / Served to 1999

Robert I. Berdon

Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court

Robert I. Berdon was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1991. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1929–1999
Tenure: 1991–1999 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1991	Connecticut Supreme Court	–	–

Education

University of Connecticut

Judicial Record

In our data, Berdon authored 155 published opinions for the court (1991–1999), plus 384 dissents and 94 concurrences. Most cited: RK Constructors, Inc. v. Fusco Corp. (673 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. 633 of these were attributed to Berdon 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
1994	RK Constructors, Inc. v. Fusco Corp.· Concurrence†	231 Conn. 381	673
1994	Simms v. Warden, State Prison· Dissent†	230 Conn. 608	582
1998	Pamela B. v. Ment· Concurrence†	244 Conn. 296	501
1992	State v. Geisler†	222 Conn. 672	496
1996	Waters v. Autuori· Dissent†	236 Conn. 820	485
1997	Parsons v. United Technologies Corp.· Concurrence†	243 Conn. 66	482
1995	Heyman Associates No. 1 v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania· Dissent†	231 Conn. 756	319
1996	Jolly, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals· Dissent†	237 Conn. 184	296
1995	Barrett v. Danbury Hospital· Dissent†	232 Conn. 242	288
1992	Cheshire Mortgage Service, Inc. v. Montes· Dissent†	223 Conn. 80	281
1993	Jackson v. R. G. Whipple, Inc.· Concurrence†	225 Conn. 705	274
1995	Bloom v. Zoning Board of Appeals†	233 Conn. 198	271
1992	Bunkley v. Commissioner of Correction· Dissent†	222 Conn. 444	271
1997	Connecticut v. Porter· Concurrence†	241 Conn. 57	268
1992	Berry v. Loiseau· Concurrence†	223 Conn. 786	266

Showing the 15 most-cited of 633 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 Robert I. Berdon on?: Robert I. Berdon was a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Sources

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7 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).