Front 2003

Connecticut State Library and Supreme Court Building

By CSLWebMaster
  • Groundbreaking

    Groundbreaking

    Goundbreaking cermony for the new State LIbrary and Supreme Court Building
  • Construction begins

    Construction begins

  • Cornerstone Ceremony

    Cornerstone Ceremony

  • Library opens to the public

    Library opens to the public

  • Before stacks were installed, levels 6 & 7 were used by the War Records Dept.

    Before stacks were installed, levels 6 & 7 were used by the War Records Dept.

  • Supreme Court Decides Town of Windsor v. Whitney, 95 Conn. 357

    Supreme Court Decides Town of Windsor v. Whitney, 95 Conn. 357

    First zoning case in the United States holding that settling building lines was not a confiscation of private property
  • Additional stacks installed in Reading Room

    Additional stacks installed in Reading Room

  • Christmas celebrated in Memorial Hall

    Christmas celebrated in Memorial Hall

  • Supreme Court decides State v. Nelson, 126 Conn. 412

    Supreme Court decides State v. Nelson, 126 Conn. 412

    Connecticut's anti-contraception statute is held to be constitutional. This decision eventually led to Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), effectively overruling Nelson. Griswold led to Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
  • Loading dock added onto the building

    Loading dock added onto the building

  • Acquired Colt Collection of Firearms from the Pratt & Whitney Company Foundation

    Acquired Colt Collection of Firearms from the Pratt & Whitney Company Foundation

  • Celebration of opening the new East wing of the building providing museum exhibit space, stacks areas and administrative offices

    Celebration of opening the new East wing of the building providing museum exhibit space, stacks areas and administrative offices

  • Judicial offices addition

    Judicial offices addition

  • Court decides Horton v. Meskill, 172 Conn. 615

    Court decides Horton v. Meskill, 172 Conn. 615

    Connecticut's school finance system forcing town to rely mostly on the local property tax violated the rights of children in proprty-poor towns to an equal educational opportunity
  • Building accepted for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places

    Building accepted for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places

  • Reading Room restored by Dan George & Co.

    Reading Room restored by Dan George & Co.

  • Museum acquires Rampant Colt statue

    Museum acquires Rampant Colt statue

  • Court decides Sheff v. O'Neill

    Court decides Sheff v. O'Neill

    De facto racial segregation in the Hartford metropolitan area public schools violate the right of children in such towns to an equal educational opportunity
  • Court decides Kelo v. New London

    Court decides Kelo v. New London

    Condemnation of private property for conveyance to another private property owner, to accomplish a public purpose is a proper use of the state's power.
  • Court decides Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health

    Court decides Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health

    Gay couples have a state constitutional right to marry