State v. Panek’s Empirical Analysis

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17 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “ascertain its meaning from the text of the statute itself and its relationship to other statutes. If, after examining such text and considering such relationship, the meaning of such text is plain and unambiguous and does not yield absurd or unworkable results, extratextual evidence of the meaning of the statute shall not be considered.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 184 Conn. App. 456 - State v. Carney

2. “It is well established that, when determining the meaning of a word, it is appropriate to look to the common understanding of the term as expressed in a dictionary.... This precept ... pertains primarily to the situation where no statutory definition is available.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 189 Conn. App. 186 - State v. Grasso

3. “[i]t is well established that courts do not apply the rule of lenity unless a reasonable doubt persists about a statute's intended scope even after resort to the language and structure, legislative history, and motivating policies of the statute”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dish Network, LLC v. Comm'r of Revenue Servs.