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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Connecticut Appellate Court / Joined 1985 / Served to 1988

William C. Bieluch

Judge, Connecticut Appellate Court

William C. Bieluch was a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court, who joined the court in 1985. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1918–2012
Tenure: 1985–1988 · 3 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1985	Connecticut Appellate Court	–	–

Education

Brown University
Yale University

Judicial Record

In our data, Bieluch authored 202 published opinions for the court (1980–1988), plus 30 dissents and 5 concurrences. Most cited: In re Rayna M. (173 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. 141 of these were attributed to Bieluch 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
1987	In re Rayna M.†	13 Conn. App. 23	173
1986	L. F. Pace & Sons, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co.†	9 Conn. App. 30	143
1988	City of Bridgeport v. Barbour-Daniel Electronics, Inc.· Concurrence†	16 Conn. App. 574	101
1988	Hart, Nininger & Campbell Associates v. Rogers· Concurrence†	16 Conn. App. 619	79
1988	Housing Authority of East Hartford v. Hird†	13 Conn. App. 150	71
1987	Mihalyak v. Mihalyak†	11 Conn. App. 610	70
1986	Alpha Crane Service, Inc. v. Capitol Crane Co.†	6 Conn. App. 60	59
1987	Rowe v. Godou†	12 Conn. App. 538	55
1987	Gagnon v. Municipal Planning Commission of Ansonia· Dissent†	10 Conn. App. 54	53
1986	Crowther v. Gerber Garment Technology, Inc.†	8 Conn. App. 254	52
1988	Central Bank for Savings v. Planning & Zoning Commission†	13 Conn. App. 448	42
1987	Morris Silverstein's Appeal†	13 Conn. App. 45	42
1987	State v. Kluttz· Concurrence†	9 Conn. App. 686	41
1988	Miller v. Miller†	16 Conn. App. 412	38
1988	Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis, Inc. v. Winters†	13 Conn. App. 712	38

Showing the 15 most-cited of 237 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 Appellate Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was William C. Bieluch on?: William C. Bieluch was a Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court.

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3 years on the Connecticut Appellate Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).