Caputo v. Diloretto’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Whether an instrument is under seal or not is a question for the court upon inspection. . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2 Conn. Super. Ct. 163 - Powell v. the Bodwell Realty Co. · 30 Conn. Super. Ct. 596 - American Finance Co. v. Lawler

2. “The customary phrases, `signed and sealed' or `given under my hand and seal' or some similar phraseology would constitute such a recognition, and the instrument would then be one purporting to be a specialty. The fact that the maker of the instrument himself wrote the word `seal' or the letters `L.S.' after his signature at the time that he executed it, or that the instrument was one whose validity was dependent upon its being under seal, might indicate his intention.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 30 Conn. Super. Ct. 596 - American Finance Co. v. Lawler

3. “All instruments in writing executed by any person ... purporting and intended to be a specialty or under seal, and not otherwise sealed than by the addition of the word `seal' or the letters `L.S.,' ... shall be deemed in all respects sealed instruments, and received in evidence as such.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 30 Conn. Super. Ct. 596 - American Finance Co. v. Lawler