Mills v. Solution, LLC’s Empirical Analysis

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17 state decisions

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

1. “[u]nder § 52-557n(a)(1)(A), a municipality generally is liable for the ministerial acts of its agents. Section 52-557n(a)(2)(B), however, explicitly shields a municipality from liability for damages to person or property caused by the negligent acts or omissions which require the exercise of judgment or discretion as an official function of the authority expressly or impliedly granted by law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 388 - Ventura v. Town of E. Haven

2. “[w]here the text of the statute explicitly vests the chief of police with the discretion to determine when and how to furnish police protection, we decline to hold that the same statute imposes a ministerial duty on the chief of police to furnish the protection he deems, in his discretion, to be necessary”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Northrup v. Witkowski

3. “[w]e disagree with the plaintiff that the word 'shall' is sufficient to convert what is otherwise a discretionary act into a ministerial duty where the text of the statute leaves to the discretion of the police official how to perform the function and whether to perform the function at all”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 388 - Ventura v. Town of E. Haven