Sosin v. Scinto’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “Whenever the absence of jurisdiction is brought to the notice of the court or tribunal, cognizance of it must be taken and the matter passed upon before it can move one further step in the cause; as any movement is necessarily the exercise of jurisdiction. . . . As a result, the trial court (is) required to address the jurisdictional challenge before ruling on other motions . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 14286 - Urbanowicz v. Town of Enfield Pz Comm., No. Cv98-0492255s (Nov. 21, 2000)

2. “Justiciability requires (1) that there be an actual controversy between or among the parties to the dispute . . . (2) that the interests of the parties be adverse . . . (3) that the matter in controversy be capable of being adjudicated by judicial power and (4) that the determination of the controversy will result in practical relief to the complainant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 14832 - Mandela-Gandhi v. Vendetto, No. Cv 01 0454072 S (Oct. 17, 2001)