sentences:  Governor John G. Rowland nominated Zarella as an Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court on January 4, 2001, and was sworn in on January 22, 2001.In 2004, Zarella authored the dissenting opinion (joined by then-Chief Justice William J. Sullivan and Associate Justice Joette Katz) in the important "Kelo v. City of New London" case.The case was decided by the Connecticut Supreme Court in a 4-3 "en banc" decision, with the majority opinion authored by Justice Flemming L. Norcott, Jr., joined by Justices David M. Borden, Richard N. Palmer and Christine S. Vertefeuille.