Cahn v. Cahn’s Empirical Analysis

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46 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “I do not read Practice Book 247(b) to require the party deponent to answer every question proposed. . . A deponent cannot predict each question that will be asked, and is therefore unable to obtain a protective order for an unanticipated line of questioning. Would the court order sanctions if a party deponent refused to respond to an unanticipated line of questioning involving privileged communications between the party and his or her attorney? Our holding in Pavlinko . . . must be held to its facts — that is, the plaintiff-deponent refused to answer the question after he was given an opportunity to be heard before the trial court, and after he was ordered to answer by the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Automation Systems Integration v. Autoswage-Prod., No. 128808 (May 6, 1996)

2. “[a]ll questions, including those objected to, are to be answered . . . unless the objecting party procures from the court a protective order precluding or limiting the scope or disclosure of discovery.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kavy v. New Britain Board of Education, No. Cv99-0492921s (May 21, 2001)

3. “[w]hat is reasonable notice [for the purposes of a deposition] must depend largely upon the facts and circumstances of each case”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Friezo v. Friezo