Swenson v. Dittner’s Empirical Analysis

1981

Citation profile

cited by 80 later decisions

states following

April 2019

most recently cited

80 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably State v. Kelly (2001), Shea v. First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. of New Haven (1981)

80 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 Pandolphe's Auto Parts, Inc. v. Town of Manchester · Hollywyle Assn., Inc. v. Hollister · Felix v. Hall-Brooke Sanitarium · Wadsworth Realty Co. v. Sundberg · State v. Cianflone

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

“entirely disregard the established rules of procedure, adherence to which is necessary in order that . . . the real issues in controversy may be presented and determined.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Hill v. Williams, No. Cv 99 0171167 S (Jan. 10, 2002) · 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 7193 - Hill v. Williams, No. Cv99 0171167 (May 31, 2001)
“[§ 47-31 ] requires the plaintiffs to name the person or persons who may claim [an] adverse estate or interest.... So that the trial court can make a full determination of the rights of the parties to the land, an action to quiet title is brought against persons who claim title to or have an interest in the land.... Only the parties to an action to quiet title are bound by the judgment.... The failure to include [parties who may claim an interest] ... is not error because the decision to join a party in a suit to quiet title is made by the plaintiff.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Gordon v. Tobias, No. 438895 (Jun. 28, 2001) · 1992 Conn. Super. Ct. 10421 - Needle v. Petrario, No. Cv91 03 78 16s (Nov. 19, 1992)
“[a]fter an examination of the record, we are unable to find any express easement granting to the defendants the right to use the two-rod lane. Any claim for a prescriptive easement in favor of them must likewise fail.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. First Cong. A. v. 495 Cong. A. Assoc., No. Cv 95-03882797-S (May 28, 1996)

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.