State v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 90 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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[E]ven if a statute is considered clear on its face, if a literal interpretation of that statute would lead to unworkable results, resort to other aids to determine legislative intent is appropriate.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wozniak v. Keystone Insurance Company, No. Cv 950376435 (May 14, 1997) · Reynolds v. City of Bristol, No. Cv 97-0482675 (Mar. 29, 1999)

2. ““(1) A written statement made by a person and signed or otherwise adopted or approved by him; or “(2) A stenographic, mechanical, electrical, or other recording, or a transcription thereof, which is a substantially verbatim recital of an oral statement made by a person and recorded contemporaneously with the making of such oral statement.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wityak · 29 Conn. App. 455 - State v. Wityak

3. “a tape recording of a 911 emergency telephone call is not a `statement' within the meaning of . . . Practice Book § [40-15 (2)] . . . and that, therefore, the state was not required by the provisions of the Practice Book to preserve and produce the tape recording in question.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Davis, No. Cr01-0113327 (Feb. 19, 2002)