Moffat v. Branch’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
52 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently January 2020 · most notably Apodaca v. AAA Gas Co. (2003), Maralex Resources, Inc. v. Gilbreath (2003)
52 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2678
Relies on Reeves v. Wimberly · Myers v. Olson · Ford v. New Mexico Department of Public Safety · Bohn v. Park City Group, Inc. · Padwa v. Hadley
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Res judicata, or claim preclusion, precludes a party from relitigating a claim, demand, or cause of action when (1) the cause of action is identical in both suits; (2) the same parties are involved; (3) the capacity or character of persons for or against whom the claim is made is the same; and (4) the subject matter is identical.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in addition to meeting the traditional elements of the preclusion doctrine at issue, it is shown that the administrative body: (1) while'acting in a judicial or quasi-judicial capacity, (2) resolved disputed questions of fact properly before it, and (3) provided the parties with a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issue at an administrative hearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“as the one decided by the federal court, that he had a full and fair opportunity to litigate his claim in federal court, and that he is barred from asserting this claim again. We therefore affirm the district court because”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Moffat v. Branch
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.