Lopes v. Farmer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 district · 12 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An action for malicious prosecution against a private person requires a plaintiff to prove that: (1) the defendant initiated or procured the institution of criminal proceedings against the plaintiff; (2) the criminal proceedings have terminated in favor of the plaintiff; (3) the defendant acted without probable cause; and (4) the defendant acted with malice, primarily for a purpose other than that of bringing an offender to justice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 719 F. Supp. 2d 207 - Miles v. City of Hartford

2. “On appeal, we must determine whether the legal conclusions reached by the trial court are legally and logically correct and whether they find support in the facts set out in the memorandum of decision of the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 Conn. App. 706 - Konover v. Kolakowski

3. “if the pleadings, affidavits and any other proof submitted show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 Conn. App. 83 - McFarline v. Mickens