Supreme Court of Connecticut
Miller v. Appellate Court
April 5, 2016
Summary
The court dismissed Miller's writ of error and upheld the Appellate Court's six-month suspension and related sanctions. It held that appellate courts possess inherent, statutory, and rule-based authority to discipline attorneys for repeated failures to comply with appellate rules and deadlines and for filing frivolous appeals, independent of the enumerated misconduct in Rule 8.4 of the Rules of Professional Conduct. The court also upheld the Appellate Court's referral of Miller to the Chief Disciplinary Counsel.