Moshier v. Goodnow’s Empirical Analysis

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38 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In deciding whether to invoke this mitigating principle, we [consider] not only the practical difficulties of timely judicial review but also (1) the public importance of the question presented; (2) the potential effect of the ruling on an ongoing program of the state's penal or civil system; and (3) the possibility of a similar effect on the plaintiff himself. . .' (citations omitted) `These three mitigating factors must all be present in order for the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1993 Conn. Super. Ct. 8294 - Lafleur v. Hogan, No. Cv 89-0370170 S (Oct. 13, 1993)

2. “no appeal can be decided on its merits in the absence of an actual controversy for which judicial relief can be granted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hollenbeck v. Herndon, No. Cv91-0323853 (Sep. 8, 1992)