State v. Ball’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 49 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An issue if `actually litigated' if it is properly raised in the pleadings, submitted for determination, and in fact determined.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jewett City Trust Company v. Marino, No. 527301 (Dec. 5, 1995) · Bertalovitz v. North Park Mortgage Services, No. 31 27 01 (Feb. 9, 1995)

2. “The defendants approached Dubois and told him that they were antihunting activists and that they would follow him into the park. A few minutes later, conservation officer McNamara arrived at the scene. Dubois complained to McNamara that the defendants were planning to harass him. McNamara warned the defendants that, if they interfered with Dubois' hunting, they would be subject to arrest. Dubois told the defendants that he planned to hunt deer from an old apple orchard and asked that he be left alone.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 13436 - State v. Ball, No. Cr18-74479 (Oct. 3, 2000)

3. “On October 19, 1991, at 6:25 a.m., Robert Dubois, a bow hunter with a valid state archery license, was standing at the entrance to the Tunxis State Forest Wildlife Management Area in Hartland, waiting to enter the park. The area is state owned property subject to regulation by the department of environmental protection. On the day in question, a person with a valid archery license could legally engage in archery hunting in the state forest after 7 a.m.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 13436 - State v. Ball, No. Cr18-74479 (Oct. 3, 2000)