State v. Wiggs’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
32 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pandolphe's Auto Parts, Inc. v. Town of Manchester · Normand Josef Enterprises, Inc. v. Connecticut National Bank · Pitchell v. City of Hartford · Falvey v. Women & Infants Hospital · State v. Swift
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Operation occurs when a person in the vehicle intentionally does any act or makes use of any mechanical or electrical agency which alone or in sequence will set in motion the motive power of the vehicle.... This court has clarified the meaning of operation by holding that an intent to drive is not an element of operation.... An accused operates a motor vehicle within the meaning of ... § 14-227a(a) when, while under the influence of alcohol or any drug and while in the vehicle and in a position to control its movements, he manipulates, for any purpose, the machinery of the motor or any other machinery manipulable from the driver's position that affects or could affect the vehicle's movement, whether the accused moves the vehicle or not.”
1 later decision 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.