Maris v. McGrath’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In light of the [trial] court's findings of fact, it is apparent that a reasonable person could not have come to the conclusion that the plaintiff could prevail. The plaintiff knew that the defendant had never promised to execute a document providing that moneys he put in the joint account would be paid back from the proceeds of the sale of her house, that he had written the word loan in the memorandum section of the check after the defendant had signed it, and that the allegations on which he grounded his action were false. There is ample evidence in the record to support the court's findings and ultimate conclusions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 Conn. App. 498 - Rinfret v. Porter

2. “It is generally accepted that the court has the inherent authority to assess attorney's fees when the losing party has acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly or for oppressive reasons.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 1247 - Parnes v. City of New London, No. 555385 (Jan. 22, 2001)

3. “[T]he determinations of whether a particular (set of circumstances] was unjust and whether the defendant was benefitted are essentially factual findings for the trial court. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 7593 - Checkers Intl. v. S.W. Comm. Health, No. Cv00 037 50 92 S (Jun. 13, 2001)