Olson v. Olson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “creates a mandatory procedure to be followed by any party seeking to recuse a judge ... and, if a party fails to follow such procedures, the record is deemed to be inadequate for our review because [the procedures] are a condition precedent to a hearing on a judge's disqualification.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 368 - Emerick v. Emerick · 172 Conn. App. 820 - State v. Williams

2. “[a] motion to disqualify a judicial authority shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by an affidavit setting forth the facts relied upon to show the grounds for disqualification and a certificate of the counsel of record that the motion is made in good faith.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 368 - Emerick v. Emerick · 172 Conn. App. 820 - State v. Williams

3. “It is axiomatic that [t]he trier [of fact] is free to accept or reject, in whole or in part, the evidence offered by either party.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 170 Conn. App. 368 - Emerick v. Emerick · 177 Conn. App. 144 - JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Assn. v. Essaghof