Munro v. Munoz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The abuse of discretion standard of review applies when reviewing a trial court's decision to [grant or] deny an award of attorney's fees.... Under the abuse of discretion standard of review, [w]e will make every reasonable presumption in favor of upholding the trial court's ruling, and only upset it for a manifest abuse of discretion.... [Thus, our] review of such rulings is limited to the questions of whether the trial court correctly applied the law and reasonably could have reached the conclusion that it did.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 Conn. App. 665 - Reinke v. Sing · 185 Conn. App. 812 - Becue v. Becue

2. “The general rule of law known as the American rule is that attorney's fees and ordinary expenses and burdens of litigation are not allowed to the successful party absent a contractual or statutory exception.... This rule is generally followed throughout the country.... Connecticut adheres to the American rule.... There are few exceptions. For example, a specific contractual term may provide for the recovery of attorney's fees and costs ... or a statute may confer such rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 185 Conn. App. 812 - Becue v. Becue

3. “To ensure ... that fear of an award of [attorney's] fees against them will not deter persons with colorable claims from pursuing those claims, [our Supreme Court has] declined to uphold awards under the bad-faith exception absent both clear evidence that the challenged actions are entirely without color and [are taken] for reasons of harassment or delay or for other improper purposes.... and a high degree of specificity in the factual findings of [the] lower courts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 Conn. App. 63 - Stamford Hospital v. Schwartz