Mulligan v. Rioux’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 45 district · 231 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 285 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] municipal employee is liable for the misperformance of ministerial acts, but has a qualified immunity in the performance of governmental acts.”

   18 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shaham v. Wheeler, No. 32 18 79 (Mar. 12, 1998) · Laplace v. Demarco, No. Cv 01-0095009 S (Oct. 16, 2002)

2. “[F]irst, where the circumstances make it apparent to the public officer that his or her failure to act would be likely to subject an identifiable person to imminent harm...; second, where a statute specifically provides for a cause of action against a municipality or municipal officer for failure to enforce certain laws...; and third, where the alleged acts involve malice, wantonness or intent to injure, rather than negligence.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1995 Conn. Super. Ct. 9900 - Urbanski v. Carabetta Enterprises, No. Cv 94-0463861s (Aug. 14, 1995) · 412 F. Supp. 2d 174 - Freedman v. America Online, Inc.

3. “Where there is definitive contract language, the determination of what the parties intended by their contractual commitments is a question of law.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1996 Conn. Super. Ct. 7883 - Aaa Interstate Explosives v. Testwell Lab., No. 31 81 33 (Oct. 23, 1996) · Robert Petereit Robert J. Nardello Richard Sanangelo v. S.B. Thomas, Inc., Eric Carl Ahlquist David Lee Adkins Richard Earl Desso James Michael Lonergan Anthony Frank Pitrone John Alan Strasser Wayne Blair Anderson v. S.B. Thomas, Inc.