Koper v. Koper’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently October 2020 · most notably Eichman v. J & J Building Co. (1990), Miller v. Kirshner (1993)
50 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Rosenblit v. Danaher · Barnes v. Barnes · State v. Wilson · Blake v. Blake · Elliott v. Elliott
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n articulation is not an opportunity for a trial court to substitute a new decision nor to change the reasoning or basis of a prior decision,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"`An articulation may be necessary where the trial court fails completely to state any basis for its decision . . . or where the basis, although stated is unclear.' Rosenblit v. Danaher , 206 Conn. 125 , 148 , 537 A.2d 145 (1988), quoting State v. Wilson , 199 Conn. 417 , 434 , 513 A.2d 620 (1986). A motion for articulation is the proper procedure to seek elucidation from the trial court of its considered evaluation of statutory criteria. Barnes v. Barnes , 190 Conn. 491 , 493-94 , 460 A.2d 1302 (1983) . . . The trial court, however, misconceived the purpose of an articulation in that it failed to supply an explanation of its reasoning, an analysis of the parties' assets or a weighing of the statutory criteria . . . Rather than furnishing an appropriate clarification, the trial court shifted its position, justifying the defendant-oriented orders by finding that "the conduct of the plaintiff, in large part, contributed to the marital breakdown.' . . . It is clear that the original memorandum of decision and the articulation are sharply contradictory.' . . . Our Supreme Court has held that "articulation is appropriate where the trial court's decision contains some ambiguity or deficiency reasonably susceptible of clarification.' State v. Wilson , 199 Conn. 417 , 435 , 513 A.2d 620 (1986)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the conduct of the plaintiff, in large part, contributed to the marital breakdown.' . . . It is clear that the original memorandum of decision and the articulation are sharply contradictory.' . . . Our Supreme Court has held that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.