State v. Courchesne’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

101 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 101 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]t is axiomatic that those who promulgate statutes ... do not intend to promulgate statutes ... that lead to absurd consequences or bizarre results.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. LaFrance v. Lodmell · Raftopol v. Ramey

2. “[a]s distinguished from law created by the enactment of legislatures, the common law comprises the body of those principles and rules of action relating to the government and security of persons and property, which derive their authority solely from usages and customs of immemorial antiquity, or from the judgments and decrees of the courts recognizing, affirming and enforcing such usages and customs”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Reclaimant Corp. v. Deutsch · State v. McCoy

3. “A motion to dismiss ... properly attacks the jurisdiction of the court .... A motion to dismiss tests, inter alia, whether, on the face of the record, the court is without jurisdiction.... [O]ur review of the trial court's ultimate legal conclusion and resulting [decision to grant] ... the motion to dismiss will be de novo.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 175 Conn. App. 831 - Sosa v. Commissioner of Correction · 124 Conn. App. 400 - In Re Nesbitt