Weinstein v. Weinstein’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 district · 70 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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he elements of a fraud action are: (1) a false representation was made as a statement of fact; (2) the statement was untrue and known to be so by its maker; (3) the statement was made with the intent of inducing reliance thereon; and (4) the other party relied on the statement to his detriment.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 Conn. App. 665 - Reinke v. Sing · 739 F. Supp. 2d 109 - Master-Halco, Inc. v. Scillia, Dowling & Natarelli, LLC

2. “In an appeal from a denial of a motion to open a judgment, our review is limited to the issue of whether the trial court has acted unreasonably and in clear abuse of its discretion.... In determining whether the trial court abused its discretion, this court must make every reasonable presumption in favor of its action.... The manner in which [this] discretion is exercised will not be disturbed so long as the court could reasonably conclude as it did.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 Conn. App. 755 - Sousa v. Sousa · 167 Conn. App. 480 - Zilkha v. Zilkha

3. “Moreover ... [l]awyers who represent clients in matrimonial dissolutions have a special responsibility for full and fair disclosure, for a searching dialogue, about all of the facts that materially affect the client's rights and interests.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 Conn. App. 665 - Reinke v. Sing · 174 Conn. App. 1 - Cimino v. Cimino