State v. George J.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

92 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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As a general matter, this court does not read language into a statute.... [W]e are bound to interpret legislative intent by referring to what the legislative text contains, not by what it might have contained.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 Conn. App. 718 - Brocuglio v. Thompsonville Fire District 2 · Valliere v. Comm'r of Soc. Servs.

2. “must be based on the entrant's own observation or on information of others whose business duty it is to transmit it to the entrant.... If the information does not have such a basis, it adds another level of hearsay to the [record] which necessitates a separate exception to the hearsay rule in order to justify its admission.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 111 Conn. App. 28 - In Re Tayler F.

3. “The defendant's offer of proof should be specific and should set forth the issue in the case to which the [confidential] information sought will relate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 169 Conn. App. 616 - State v. Norman P.