State v. Agron’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 22 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[b]ecause [e]very word and phrase [of a statute] is presumed to have meaning [a statute] must be construed, if possible, such that no clause, sentence or word shall be superfluous, void or insignificant”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC · 180 Conn. App. 527 - State v. Louis D.

2. “The test to determine ambiguity is whether the statute, when read in context, is susceptible to more than one reasonable interpretation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC · 180 Conn. App. 527 - State v. Louis D.

3. “look to the common understanding of the term as expressed in a dictionary.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. New Britain Transportation Co. v. Commissioner of Transportation · 179 Conn. App. 676 - State v. Richard P.