Eis v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 2 district · 68 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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a rule of construction designed to fulfill the reasonable expectations of the contracting parties as they presumably intended.”

   17 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Galazan v. Connecticut Housing Fin., No. Cv91 050 39 51 (Jun. 12, 1992) · New Milford Savings Bank v. Zandy, No. Cv 99 00787 66 (Nov. 23, 1999)

2. “[A]ny claim of estoppel is predicated on proof of two essential elements: the party against whom estoppel is claimed must do or say something calculated or intended to induce another party to believe that certain facts exist and to act on that belief; and the other party must change its position in reliance on these facts, thereby incurring some injury.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 4351 - Ocwen Federal Bank v. Charles, No. X06-Cv-99-0168669s (Apr. 2, 2002) · 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 2480 - Ocwen Federal Bank v. Rivas, No. Cv 99 0368135 S (Feb. 21, 2002)

3. “Although a breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing has been recognized as a valid special defense to a foreclosure action under the guise of equitable principles . . . a defendant must plead sufficient facts to justify its application.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kings Lane Ass'n v. the Trav. Ins. Co., No. Cv94 31 29 90 S (Aug. 16, 1996) · 1995 Conn. Super. Ct. 14044 - Farmers Mechanics Bank v. Santangelo, No. 67481 (Dec. 8, 1995)