---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 86"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "86"
heading: "Connecticut"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/86"
units:
  - "Part I — Organization of Courts"
  - "Chapter 5 — District Courts"
---

# §86. Connecticut


Connecticut constitutes one judicial district.

Court shall be held at Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, New London, and Waterbury.


## Source credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 875; Pub. L. 87–36, § 3(b), May 19, 1961, 75 Stat. 83; Pub. L. 89–558, Sept. 7, 1966, 80 Stat. 705.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 147 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 74, 36 Stat. 1108; Feb. 27, 1921, ch. 74, 41 Stat. 1146; June 15, 1933, ch. 80, 48 Stat. 148; Dec. 28, 1945, ch. 599, 59 Stat. 663).

Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1966—Pub. L. 89–558 provided for holding court at New London.

1961—Pub. L. 87–36 provided for holding court at Bridgeport and Waterbury.