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Court PC's civil and domestic databases include archived dockets for hundreds of thousands of cases purged from the CT Judicial Department's website.   Computer case records may be purged from the Judicial Branch's online database on an ongoing basis as they become eligible.  This practice dramatically lowers the number of case records displayed in the Judicial Department's online database.  Prior to the last purge, there were 309,000 civil cases in the active database.  After the purge, only 145,000 civil cases remained in the database, about 45% of the records that were previously available.  

The Judicial Branch applies CT Practice Book sec. 7-10 et seq., governing the retention of physical paper files, to its computerized records.  Cases in which a judgment has been entered may be retained in the computer record for up to ten years.  However, the vast majority of cases (about 90%) are disposed by withdrawals or dismissals, and these cases are eligible to be purged less than one year after the disposition.

Court PC's database of docket records permits researchers to retrieve not only the basic case information for purged CV and FA cases, but also to see a history of all filings in those cases. Searches may also be conducted for all rulings by a judge or by type of motion as well as case-by-case docket reports.   This data has been used for litigation support, investigations, title searches, etc.

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Sample record content:

        PURGED CASE DOCKET                                                          June  1, 2009

        The report below lists all docket entries reported by the Connecticut Judicial Department for
        this case prior to its purge from the active computer data.  Cases are purged from the active data
        annually, once a final disposition has been entered and there has been no further activity for at
        least six months.

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        DOCKET FOR HHD CV940541857S

        Motion    File     Pty     Name of motion or other filing     Action   Judge     Date
          no.     date

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         10100   9/28/1994  D   MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME            GR     080209  10/24/1994

         10200  11/02/1994  D   MOTION TO DISMISS                       DN     080209   7/18/1995

         10300  11/02/1994  W   AFFIDAVIT

         10400  11/14/1994  P   MEMORANDUM

         13300   8/28/1997  C   JUDGMENT FILE

         13400   5/26/1998  0   SUPREME COURT DECISION                  00     080166   5/26/1998
                                ERROR - JUDGMENT DIRECTED

         13410   5/26/1998  C   REOPEN FINAL JUDGMENT AND PLACE CASE
                                AT PLEADING STATUS (KEYPOINT 2)

         13500   5/26/1998  C   MOTION FOR JUDGMENT IN ACCORDANCE       GR     080096   7/27/1998
                                WITHOPINION OF SUPREME COURT

         13600   7/27/1998  0   JUDGMENT WITHOUT TRIAL-GENERAL          00     080096   7/27/1998

        Data supplied by Court PC of Connecticut Inc.