Form of Petition
Connecticut Practice Book
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(a) A petition for certification shall be filed as one document with a single pagination scheme that starts on the first page of the petition and continues throughout. The page numbers shall be centered on the bottom of the page and shall be written as ‘‘Page X of XX’’ (e.g., Page 1 of 33 . . . Page 7 of 33 . . . Page 33 of 33). The petition must contain the following sections in the order indicated here: (1) A statement of the questions presented for review, expressed in the terms and circumstances of the case but without unnecessary detail. (2) A statement of the basis for certification identifying the specific reasons why the Appellate Court should allow the extraordinary relief of certi- fication. These reasons may include but are not limited to the following: (A) The court below has decided a question of substance not theretofore determined by the Supreme Court or the Appellate Court or has decided it in a way probably not in accord with applicable decisions of the Supreme Court or the Appellate Court. (B) The decision under review is in conflict with other decisions of the court below. (C) The court below has so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceed- ings, or has so far sanctioned such a departure 522 © Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
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