Barney v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where want of jurisdiction appears on the record, the defect should be raised by a motion to erase from the docket. Thus, where the nature of the action or amount in demand shows that the court has no jurisdiction, ... a motion to erase shall be used.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 30 Conn. Super. Ct. 607 - Brewer v. Fathergill

2. “[e]ven a presumption which favors the jurisdiction of the court should be indulged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1993 Conn. Super. Ct. 23 - Cross v. Hudon, No. 36 08 61 (Jan. 5, 1993)