Colvin v. Lekas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'in granting or denying discovery motions, a Superior Court justice has broad discretion,' which 'this Court will not disturb save for an abuse of that discretion.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Estate of Brian Chen v. Lingting Ye · Sandy Point Farms, Inc. v. Sandy Point Village, LLC v. Sandy Point Farms Condominiums, LLC

2. “"(A) A party may through interrogatories require any other party to identify each person whom the other party expects to call as an expert witness at trial, to state the subject matter on which the expert is expected to testify, and to state the substance of the facts and opinions to which the expert is expected to testify and a summary of the grounds for each opinion. A party may depose any person who has been identified as an expert expected to testify when the expert interrogatory has been responded to by the other party. * * * "(B) A party may discover facts known and opinions held by an expert who has been retained or specially employed by another party in anticipation of litigation or preparation for trial and who is not expected to be called as a witness at trial only as provided in Rule 35(b) or upon a showing of exceptional circumstances under which it is impracticable for the party seeking discovery to obtain facts or opinions on the same subject by other means."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sandy Point Farms, Inc. v. Sandy Point Village, LLC v. Sandy Point Farms Condominiums, LLC