Wiseman v. Armstrong’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 93 state decisions

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

1. “The interpretation and application of a statute, and thus a Practice Book provision, involves a question of law over which our review is plenary.... "The process of statutory interpretation involves the determination of the meaning of the statutory language as applied to the facts of the case .... When construing a statute, [o]ur fundamental objective is to ascertain and give effect to the apparent intent of the legislature.... In other words, we seek to determine, in a reasoned manner, the meaning of the statutory language as applied to the facts of [the] case .... In seeking to determine that meaning ... [General Statutes] § 1-2z directs us first to consider the text of the statute itself and its relationship to other statutes. If, after examining such text and considering such relationship, the meaning of such text is plain and unambiguous and does not yield absurd or unworkable results, extratextual evidence of the meaning of the statute shall not be considered.... We recognize that terms in a statute are to be assigned their ordinary meaning, unless context dictates otherwise ....”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 Conn. App. 578 - Garvey v. Valencis · Disciplinary Counsel v. Elder

2. “The interpretation and application of a statute, and thus a Practice Book provision, involves a question of law over which our review is plenary.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 Conn. App. 578 - Garvey v. Valencis · 184 Conn. App. 363 - Teodoro v. City of Bristol

3. “[t]he interpretive construction of the rules of practice is to be governed by the same principles as those regulating statutory interpretation”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Conn. App. 120 - Cornelius v. Rosario · 168 Conn. App. 439 - Helmedach v. Commissioner of Correction