Fiddelman v. Redmon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

54 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A conflict of interest based on a prior attorney-client relationship exists only if the moving party establishes that the attorney has since accepted employment that is `adverse to the interests of a former client on a matter substantially related to the prior litigation.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Connecticut National Bank v. Rytman, No. X01-Cv 87-0159941 (May 25, 2001) · 1996 Conn. Super. Ct. 9698 - Place v. City of Waterbury, No. Cv 96 131435 (Nov. 19, 1996)

2. “has criticized the practice whereby an attorney, cognizant of circumstances giving rise to an objection before or during trial, waits until after an unfavorable judgment to raise the issue.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Limone v. Haag, No. Cv91 0115879 S (Jun. 29, 1994) · 103 Conn. App. 20 - Embalmers' Supply Co. v. Giannitti

3. “This test has been honed in its practical application to grant disqualification only upon a showing that the relationship between the issues in the prior and present cases is patently clear or when the issues are identical or essentially the same.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1996 Conn. Super. Ct. 9698 - Place v. City of Waterbury, No. Cv 96 131435 (Nov. 19, 1996)