State v. Donald’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]hen the facts underlying a claim on appeal are not in dispute ... that claim is subject to de novo review”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 184 Conn. App. 467 - Vaccaro v. D'Angelo · Gould v. City of Stamford

2. “As a preliminary matter, we note that the court's memorandum of decision is unclear as to the legal basis for its conclusion as to its award of the settlement funds, and Boileau did not seek articulation of the court's decision. See Practice Book § 61-10. Although it would have been preferable for the trial court to provide its legal analysis in its memorandum of decision,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 184 Conn. App. 467 - Vaccaro v. D'Angelo

3. “The general purpose of [the relevant] rules of practice ... [requiring the appellant to provide a sufficient record] is to ensure that there is a trial court record that is adequate for an informed appellate review of the various claims presented by the parties.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 175 Conn. App. 375 - Buehler v. Buehler