Devlin v. Wiener’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pandolphe's Auto Parts, Inc. v. Town of Manchester · RK Constructors, Inc. v. Fusco Corp. · Dart & Bogue Co. v. Slosberg · Connecticut National Bank v. Esposito · Goodspeed v. East Haddam Bank
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Moreover, the mortgage deed is not invalid simply because it purports to secure a "performance" instead of a stated monetary obligation. The condition of a mortgage may be the payment of a debt, the indemnity of a surety, or the doing or not doing any other act." Devlin v. Wiener, 232 Conn. 550 , 557 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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