Heisinger v. Cleary’s Empirical Analysis

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10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The standard of review of a trial court's decision to grant summary judgment is well established. [W]e must decide whether the trial court erred in determining that there was no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.... In deciding a motion for summary judgment, the trial court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party.... The test is whether a party would be entitled to a directed verdict on the same facts.... This court's review of the trial court's decision to grant summary judgment in favor of the defendants is plenary.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 Conn. App. 284 - Lamar v. Brevetti · 175 Conn. App. 757 - TD Bank, N.A. v. Salce

2. “Where the trial court reaches a correct decision but on [alternative] grounds, this court has repeatedly sustained the trial court's action if proper grounds exist to support it.... [W]e ... may affirm the court's judgment on a dispositive [alternative] ground for which there is support in the trial court record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 Conn. App. 268 - Reiner v. Reiner