129 Conn. App. 171 - McRae v. McRae’s Empirical Analysis

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11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he weight to be given the evidence and the credibility of the witnesses are within the sole province of the trial court.... The trial court has the unique opportunity to view the evidence presented in a totality of circumstances, i.e., including its observations of the demeanor and conduct of the witnesses and parties, which is not fully reflected in the cold, printed record which is available to us.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 Conn. App. 186 - Lavy v. Lavy

2. “[T]he court is required by § 46b-81 to consider the estate of each of the parties. Implicit in this requirement is the need to consider the economic value of the parties' estates.... In assessing the value of the assets that comprise the marital estate, the trial court functions as the trier of fact.... The trial court has the right to accept so much of the testimony ... as [it] finds applicable....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 164 Conn. App. 95 - Antonucci v. Antonucci

3. “[It] arrives at [its] own conclusions by weighing the opinions of the appraisers, the claims of the parties, and [its] own general knowledge of the elements going to establish value, and then employs the most appropriate method of determining valuation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 164 Conn. App. 95 - Antonucci v. Antonucci