Harkless v. Rowe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Property interests are more than abstract needs, desires or unilateral expectations of benefits or privileges. Rather, a person must have a legitimate claim of entitlement to a benefit or privilege to have a property interest in that benefit. . . . Property interests are not created by the Constitution, they are created and their dimensions are defined by existing rules or understandings that stem from an independent source such as state law. . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Broadnax v. City of New Haven, No. 412193 (May 16, 2000) · Saturn Construction Co., Inc. v. State, No. Cv94 542073 (May 6, 1996)

2. “For more than a century, the central meaning of procedural due process has been clear. `Parties whose rights are to be affected are entitled to be heard; and in order that they may enjoy that right they must first be notified. It is equally fundamental that the right to notice and an opportunity to be heard must be granted at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Serrani v. Board of Ethics of Stamford, No. Cv 92 122888 (Feb. 15, 1996) · 1997 Conn. Super. Ct. 10361 - Trans-Lux Corp. v. Norwalk Zoning Comm., No. Cv95 0143694 S (Oct. 21, 1997)

3. “(1) [they have] been deprived of . . . property [or liberty] interest[s] cognizable under the due process clause; and (2) the deprivation of the property [or liberty] interest[s] has occurred without due process of law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tracey v. City of New Haven, No. Cv 96-0383183 S (Oct. 30, 2000) · 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 10572 - Costa v. Coker, No. Cv 00 0502138s (Aug. 2, 2001)