Dumas v. Mena’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[b]ifurcation of trial proceedings lies solely within the discretion of the trial court ... appellate review is limited to a determination of whether that discretion has been abused.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 196 - Estela v. Bristol Hospital, Inc.

2. “In all cases, whether entered upon the docket as jury cases or court cases, the court may order that one or more of the issues joined be tried before the others.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 196 - Estela v. Bristol Hospital, Inc.

3. “In determining whether the trial court has abused its discretion, we must make every reasonable presumption in favor of the correctness of its action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 Conn. App. 196 - Estela v. Bristol Hospital, Inc.