113 Conn. App. 339 - Boczer v. Sella’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on TRAYSTMAN, CORIC AND KERAMIDAS v. Daigle · Fengler v. Northwest Connecticut Homes, Inc. · 107 Conn. App. 130 - Moasser v. Becker · Bingham v. Department of Public Works · State v. Beavers
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is a settled principle of our common law that parties are required to bear their own litigation expenses, except as otherwise provided by statute.... Because [c]osts are the creature of statute ... and unless the statute clearly provides for them courts cannot tax them.... Accordingly, the [plaintiffs] can prevail only if the statutory provisions on which [they rely] clearly empower the trial court to tax the cost of the [expert's] testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A review of the language of General Statutes § 52-260 (f) indicates that the statute does not provide for an automatic assessment; rather ... it states that the court shall determine a reasonable fee ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.