Young v. Chase’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

52 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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[D]eclaratory judgment proceedings are appropriate for determining jurisdictional issues or questions concerning the validity of the regulations of an administrative agency, while questions concerning the correctness of an agency's decision in a particular case or of the sufficiency of the evidence can properly be resolved only by appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1995 Conn. Super. Ct. 2572 - P.R.I.C.E., Inc. v. Keeney, No. Cv94 542469 (Mar. 20, 1995) · 1991 Conn. Super. Ct. 10471 - Preis v. Court of Common Council of Hartford, No. 386354 (Dec. 6, 1991)

2. “where a statutory right of appeal from an administrative decision exists, an aggrieved party may not bypass the statutory procedure and instead bring an independent action `to test the very issue which the appeal was designed to test;'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Twk, LLC v. Meriden Zoning Bd. of Appeals, No. Cv 97-400324 S (Jan. 8, 1999) · Green v. Town of Westport, No. 29 66 25 (Dec. 9, 1992)

3. “admits all facts which are well pleaded, invokes the existing record and must be decided upon that alone.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. First Bap. Hsg., Bridgeport v. Boager, No. Spbr 94-11 28392 (Feb. 21, 1995) · Jensen's, Inc. v. Rodgers, No. Cv9-10428 (Apr. 15, 1998)