Shine v. Powers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]hile the description in the notice need not be as detailed as that in the complaint, the failure to give any description beyond the mere assertion that the injury or damage occurred, is insufficient to meet the statutory requirements.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1996 Conn. Super. Ct. 6353 - Zenobia v. Town of Brookfield, No. Cv 950069793 (Oct. 9, 1996) · 1996 Conn. Super. Ct. 9702 - Goyco v. City of Waterbury, No. Cv 96 0132429 (Nov. 14, 1996)

2. “and a general description of the same, and of the cause thereof and of the time and place of its occurrence”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1991 Conn. Super. Ct. 5678 - Johnson v. City of Stamford, No. Cv 90 0111203 S (Jun. 7, 1991)

3. “A cause of action which is purely statutory . . . must be strictly construed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1992 Conn. Super. Ct. 11302 - Valley Forge Ins. Co. v. Terribile, No. Cv 92-0451158s (Dec. 10, 1992)