McLaughlin v. Smoron’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
December 2002
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on DiSimone v. Vitello · Kirwan v. State · Fontaine v. Thomas · 53 Conn. App. 42 - Twichell v. Guite · 14 Conn. App. 236 - Cholewinski v. Conway
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To obtain relief from a judgment rendered after default a two pronged test must be satisfied. The aggrieved person must show reasonable cause, or that a good defense existed at the time of the judgment, and that the movant was prevented by mistake, accident or other reasonable cause from making the defense. . . . In granting or refusing an application to open a judgment, the trial court is required to exercise a sound judicial discretion . . .”
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.