Conn. Practice Book § 83-1A — Form of Application

(a) The application for certification shall contain:

(1) the question of law on which the appeal is to be based; (2) a description of the substantial public interest that is alleged to be involved; (3) an explanation as to why delay may work a substantial injustice; (4) an appendix with: (A) the decision or order of the Superior Court sought to be appealed and (B) a list of all parties to the case in the Superior Court with the names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses and, if applicable, the juris numbers of their counsel; and (5) a certification that: (1) a copy has been delivered to each other counsel of record in accordance with the provisions of Section 62-7, and (2) that the application complies with the word count requirement of subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Except as otherwise ordered, the application shall not exceed 4000 words. The word count is exclusive of the case caption, signature block of counsel of record, certifications and appendix. Applications, including footnotes, shall be typed in a 12 point serif font. Section captions shall be typed in a 14 point serif font. A list of serif fonts can be found in the guidelines published on the Judicial Branch website. Margins shall be 1 and 1/2 inches on all sides. All text must be left aligned. Line spacing can be between 1.3x and 1.5x and must be uniform throughout, including the body of the document, footnotes and block quotes. Bold face or italic emphasis tools shall be used, not underlining. Applications shall be filed as one document with a single pagination scheme that starts on the first page of the application and continues throughout the entire document, on every page, including the pages in an attached appendix. 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).