39 Conn. Super. Ct. 27 - Smith v. Globe Ford, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 2001
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vandersluis v. Weil · McHale v. W.B.S. Corp. · Schaefer v. O. K. Tool Co., Inc. · Zenik v. O'BRIEN · Pelletier v. Bilbiles
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The essence of abuse of process is misuse of the process, regardless of how properly it was obtained, for a purpose other than that for which it was designed to accomplish. Restatement (Second), Torts § 682. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.