State v. Stanford’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. “When an issue of fact or law is actually litigated and determined by a valid and final judgment, and the determination is essential to the judgment, the determination is conclusive in a subsequent action between the parties, whether on the same or a different claim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steven Daiello v. Town of Vernon

2. “If the appellate court upholds one of the[ ] determinations [by the lower court] as sufficient and refuses to consider whether or not the other is sufficient and accordingly affirms the judgment, the judgment is conclusive [only] as to the first determination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steven Daiello v. Town of Vernon

3. “When an appellate court refuses to consider an issue and affirms a judgment on a different ground, a party is not prevented from relitigating that issue.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steven Daiello v. Town of Vernon