165 Conn. App. 374 - Stacy B. v. Robert S.’s Empirical Analysis

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16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) For the purposes of this section, 'course of conduct' means two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which a person directly, indirectly or through a third party, by any action, method, device or means, (1) follows, lies in wait for, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, harasses, communicates with or sends unwanted gifts to, a person, or (2) interferes with a person's property.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 166 Conn. App. 844 - Fiona C. v. Kevin L. · 175 Conn. App. 559 - Ellen S. v. Katlyn F.

2. “(1) Such person knowingly engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for such person's physical safety or the physical safety of a third person; or”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 166 Conn. App. 844 - Fiona C. v. Kevin L. · 175 Conn. App. 559 - Ellen S. v. Katlyn F.

3. “Our role is not to guess at possibilities ... but to review claims based on a complete factual record developed by a trial court.... Without the necessary factual and legal conclusions furnished by the trial court ... any decision made by us respecting [the defendant's] claims would be entirely speculative.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 175 Conn. App. 559 - Ellen S. v. Katlyn F.