Carpender v. Sigel’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]lthough the court made no express findings of fact with respect to laches ... [a]fter examining the record in the present case, we conclude that no evidence was admitted from which the court could have found that the plaintiff was prejudiced by the defendant's delay in filing her motion for contempt”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 Conn. App. 231 - Wells Fargo Bank, N. A. v. Fitzpatrick

2. “Thus, even if there was an inexcusable delay by the moving party, the court will not find that party guilty of laches if the prejudice to the opposing party was not the result of the moving party.... Moreover, [t]he burden is on the party alleging laches to establish that defense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 188 Conn. App. 53 - Wolyniec v. Wolyniec

3. “Waiver is the intentional relinquishment of a known right.... Waiver need not be express, but may consist of acts or conduct from which a waiver may be implied.... In other words, waiver may be inferred from the circumstances if it is reasonable to do so.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 189 Conn. App. 703 - Scalora v. Scalora