Supreme Court of Connecticut, 1977

The Supreme Court of Connecticut reversed the trial court’s retroactive reduction of alimony and remanded for a new hearing. The Court held that the statute does not permit retroactive modification of accrued alimony and that the trial court failed to show a substantial change in circumstances.

The Supreme Court of Connecticut affirmed the trial court's declarations that Connecticut's system of financing public elementary and secondary education—principally General Statutes §§ 10-240 and 10-241, which delegate to fiscally disparate towns the duty of raising school revenue—violates article first, §§ 1 and 20…