Cooper v. Cooper-Ciccarelli’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the tribunal may not examine the weight or credibility of the evidence.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 86 Mass. App. Ct. 674 - Washington v. Cranmer · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 - Chandler v. Chang

2. “akin to a trial judge's evaluation of a motion for a directed verdict.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 86 Mass. App. Ct. 674 - Washington v. Cranmer · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1126 - Greene v. Elgeziry

3. “the deficiency in Dr. Sargent's opinion is not revealed merely by his lack of specificity in fixing the defendant's standard of care, but rather because his opinion lacked any consideration of the defendant's actual conduct in seeking out the higher expertise of the radiologists with whom she consulted”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 95 Mass. App. Ct. 34 - Feliciano v. Attanucci