Pitruzello v. Muro’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
2 district · 22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Standard Tallow Corp. v. Jowdy · Lawrence Brunoli, Inc. v. Town of Branford · Gaudio v. Gaudio · Knipple v. Viking Communications, Ltd. · Lombard Brothers, Inc. v. General Asset Management Co.
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A ruling on a motion to dismiss is neither a ruling on the merits of the action . . . nor a test of whether the complaint states a cause of action. . . . Motions to dismiss are granted solely on jurisdictional grounds.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[a] foreign corporation may be haled into court in Connecticut only if a plaintiff alleges jurisdictional facts that, if proven, would satisfy one of the provisions of our long arm statute”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[I]t is important to describe the general analytic framework within which [§ 33-929 (f)] operates. Unlike [§ 33-929 (e)], this subsection confers jurisdiction over designated causes of action without regard to whether a foreign corporation transacts business in Connecticut and without regard to a causal connection between the plaintiffs cause of action and the defendant's presence in this state. We read this language as requiring inquiry not only into the various elements of the plaintiffs cause of action, spelled out in the various subparts of subsection [(f)], but also into the totality of contacts which the defendant may CT Page 16011 have with the forum.”
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.