Costa v. Silva’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. ““give[ ] great weight to the factual findings of a trial justice sitting without a jury in a civil matter, and we will not disturb such findings unless they are clearly erroneous or unless the trial justice misconceived or overlooked material evidence or unless the decision fails to do substantial justice between the parties.” D’Ellena v. Town of East Greenwich, 21 A.3d 389, 391 (R.I.2011) (quoting Costa v. Silva, 996 A.2d 607, 611 (R.I.2010)).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cahill v. Morrow · Donna Banville v. Peter Brennan

2. “However, `[i]n contrast to our deferential stance vis-[a]-vis factual findings made by a trial justice, we review in a de novo manner a trial justice's rulings concerning questions of law.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cahill v. Morrow

3. “[S]tanding can be waived by a party's failure to raise the issue before the trial justice[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Christy's Auto Rentals, Inc. v. Massachusetts Homeland Insurance Company